Table II.
Vitamin D and demographic parameters in patients with gastric cancer
| Variable |
N = 94 n (%) |
Vitamin D mean ± SD [ng/ml] |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age [years]: | 0.026* | |||
| 50 | 29 (30.85) | 15.66 ±4.70 | ||
| > 50 | 65 (69.15) | 13.01 ±6.31 | ||
| Gender: | 0.197** | |||
| Male | 65 (69.15) | 14.36 ±6.11 | ||
| Female | 29 (30.85) | 12.63 ±5.5 | ||
| Body mass index [kg/m2]: | 0.460# | |||
| 18 | 44 (47) | 13.05 ±5.896 | ||
| > 18 | 50 (53) | 14.51 ±6.01 | ||
| Smoking: | 0.332* | |||
| Yes | 44 (47) | 14.47 ±6.03 | ||
| No | 50 (53) | 13.26 ±5.91 | ||
| Alcoholism: | 0.552* | |||
| Yes | 29 (30.85) | 13.31 ±5.17 | ||
| No | 65 (69.15) | 14.06 ±6.31 | < 0.0001* | |
*
Mann-Whitney U test, **Student’s t-test, #χ2 test.