Table 4.

Association between vitamin D status and taking neuropathic pain medications among participants with type 2 DM

	Participants on neuropathic pain medications		P value
Vitamin D status	Yes (n=16)	No (n=223)	0.78
Deficient (<20 ng/mL)	10 (62.5)	152 (68.2)
Insufficient (20–30 ng/mL)	4 (25.0)	47 (21.1)
Sufficient (>30 ng/mL)	2 (12.5)	24 (10.8)

*Gabapentin was the only medication that was used to treat neuropathy.

†Statistically significant difference (p<0.05) was determined using Fisher’s exact test. Data were expressed as frequency (%).

DM, diabetes mellitus.