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. 2020 Dec 9;26(1):156–162. doi: 10.1080/13814788.2020.1846712

Table 3.

Association of laboratory parameters on vitamin D levels.

Laboratory parameter Vitamin D status
 
  n <20 (ng/mL) n ≥20 (ng/mL) p value
Calcium,
Median (min–max)
2861 9.5 (5.2–12.3) 6653 9.4 (6.1–12) <0.001
Creatinine (mg/dL), Median (min–max) 7703 0.6 (0.1–5.7) 3250 0.7 (0.2–5) <0.001
ALT (U/L),
Median (min–max)
7749 15 (1–411) 3261 16 (1–280) <0.001
AST (U/L),
Median (min–max)
7565 16 (1–393) 3205 17 (7–144) <0.001
Glucose (mg/dL),
Median (min–max)
7931 92 (36–482.5) 3333 92 (43–357) 0.090
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL),
Median (min–max)
6840 52 (13–124) 2992 52 (17–145) 0.257
Total cholesterol (mg/dL),
Median (min–max)
7372 182 (70–476) 3165 188.5 (74.5–423) <0.001
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL),
Median (min–max)
6723 104 (11–372) 2954 109 (16–312) <0.001
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 7056 114 (22–1613) 3065 113 (28–810) 0.638
Insulin (mIU/L) 5342 8.7 (0.1–181.5) 2381 7.5 (0.2–146.6) <0.001
CRP (mg/L),
Median (min–max)
6409 0.2 (0–31.5) 2737 0.1 (0–24.1) <0.001
Phosphorus,
Median (min–max)
2425 3.5 (1.8–7.4) 5567 3.5 (1.4–7.3) 0.040

ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; CRP: C-reactive protein.