Table III.

Vitamin D and symptomatology in patients with gastric cancer

Variable		N = 94 n (%)	Vitamin D mean ± SD [ng/ml]	P-value
Symptom duration [months]:				0.238#
	< 4	36 (38)	15.54 ±5.71
	≥ 4	58 (62)	13.17 ±5.97
Vomiting:				0.044*
	Yes	77 (82)	14.34 ±5.92
	No	17(18)	11.52 ±5.81
Pain:				0.014*
	Yes	54 (57.45)	12.67 ±6.35
	No	40 (42.55)	15.39 ±5.07
Loss of weight:				0.742**
	Yes	83 (88.30)	13.76 ±6.04
	No	11 (11.70)	14.37 ±5.62

^*χ² test, *Mann-Whitney U test, **Student’s t-test.