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Table 3 Laboratory data of studied cases according to vitamin D status

From: Vitamin D status in diabetic Egyptian children and adolescents: a case–control study

 

Vitamin D deficient cases(n = 44)

Cases with normal Vitamin D level(n = 36)

p

Serum Ca (mg/dL)

7.3 ± 1.0

9.6 ± 1.1

<0.01a

Serum Po4 (mg/dL)

6.1 ± 1.4

4.4 ± 1.0

<0.01a

Serum alkaline phosphatase (IU/L)

260 (44–453)

128 (66–251)

<0.01b

Serum PTH (pg/ml)

66.1 ± 9.4

47.4 ± 9.3

<0.01a

Fasting blood Glucose (mg/dL)>

208 (115–316)

197 (112–282)

0.05b

Fasting insulin (uU/mL)

6.7 ± 1.5

7.2 ± 1.2

> 0.05a

Insulin dose (U/Kg/d)

0.93 ± 0.11

0.91 ± 0.18

> 0.05a

HbA1c (%)

9.0 ± 1.6

8.4 ± 2.1

> 0.05a

HOMA-IR

.7 ± 0.3

42.8 ± 0.6

<0.01a

Disease duration (months)

6.7 ± 2.3

43 ± 9

<0.01a

  1. Serum PTH: serum parathyroid hormone; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin; HOMA-IR: Homeostasis model for assessment of insulin resistance.
  2. Data are presented as mean ± SD or median (min-max). P value < 0.05 indicates a significant difference. a(Student t-test). bMannWhitney U test.