Table 3.
Bivariate correlations between total and free 25(OH)D and hematological and biochemical parameters sorted in ascending order according to according to spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (rho) for total 25(OH)D in 351 healthy women (women without any abnormal laboratory parameter).
| Parameter, units | Total 25(OH)D, ng/ml | Free 25(OH)D, pg/ml | Spearman's rho color gradient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erythrocytes | -0.228** | -0.227** | -0.15>rho>-0.25, p<0.05 |
| hsCRP, mg/L | -0.167** | -0.219** | -0.10>rho≥-0.15, p<0.05 |
| Leukocytes | -0.154** | -0.168** | -0.05>rho≥-0.10, p<0.05 |
| Protein S | -0.142* | -0.087 | 0.00>rho≥-0.05, p<0.05 |
| RDW | -0.136* | -0.125* | 0.00≤rho<0.05 or p>0.05 |
| GGT, U/l | -0.109* | -0.076 | 0.05≤rho<0.10, p<0.05 |
| Transferrin, mg/dl | -0.137 | -0.132 | 0.10≤rho<0.20, p<0.05 |
| Protein C | -0.106 | -0.148* | 0.20≤rho<0.30, p<0.05 |
| ALT, U/l | -0.079 | -0.063 | 0.30≤rho<0.40, p<0.05 |
| Antithrombin | -0.057 | -0.009 | |
| Thrombocytes | -0.052 | -0.134* | |
| Holotranscobalamin, pmol/l | -0.014 | 0.007 | |
| MCHC, g/dl | -0.012 | -0.012 | |
| Hematokrit | -0.003 | 0.040 | |
| Thyreoidale Peroxidase | 0.002 | 0.000 | |
| Hemoglobin, g/dl | 0.002 | 0.041 | |
| AST, U/l | 0.014 | 0.074 | |
| APC- resistance | 0.037 | 0.092 | |
| Vitamin B12, pg/ml | 0.076 | 0.150** | |
| Ferritin, ng/mL | 0.099 | 0.112* | |
| Age, years | 0.114* | 0.106* | |
| Fe, µg/dl | 0.190* | 0.167 | |
| Folic acid, ng/ml | 0.220** | 0.250** | |
| Transferrin saturation, % | 0.223* | 0.193* | |
| MCH, pg | 0.232** | 0.260** | |
| MCV, fl | 0.267** | 0.312** |
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level; *correlation is significant at the 0.05 level. RDW, red blood cell distribution width; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; ALT, alanine transaminase; GGT, Gamma-glutamyl transferase; AST, aspartate transaminase; MCHC, mean corpuscular/cellular hemoglobin concentration; APC-resistance, resistance to activated protein C; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCV, mean corpuscular volume.