Table-II.

Correlation of Serum Parathyroid (PTH) with Calcium^*, Phosphorus, Alkaline phosphatase and VD₃ levels in participating infants 1-6 months age (n=67) and nursing mothers (n=60).

	Infants		Mothers
	PTH, pg/ml
	Correlationα coefficient	p-value	Correlation coefficient	p-value
Serum total calcium*, mg/dl	0.088	0.48	0.422	0.001
Serum phosphate, mg/dl	-0.066	0.60	0.188	0.15
Alkaline phosphatase, IU/L	0.037	0.77	-0.14	0.29
VD3β, ng/ml	-0.027	0.83	0.156	0.23

^*Corrected serum Calcium proportional to Albumin status,

^αPearson correlation coefficient,

^βSpearman’s correlation coefficient.