|
Characteristics
|
Asthma group
|
Control group
|
p
|
|---|
| |
(n = 85)
|
(n = 85)
| |
|---|
|
mean ± SD
|
|
Age (years)
|
6.2 ± 2.4
|
6.6 ± 2.8
|
>0.05
|
|
BMI (kg/m
2
)
|
17.7 ± 3.2
|
17.3 ± 3.0
|
>0.05
|
|
Vitamin D (ng/ml)
|
16.6 ± 8.5
|
28.2 ± 19.5
|
<0.001
|
|
Total IgE (IU/ml)
|
236.4 ± 323.2
|
65.4 ± 102.9
|
<0.001
|
|
Eosinophil count (cell/mm
3
)
|
5.8 ± 2.3
|
3.4 ± 2.8
|
<0.001
|
|
Calcium (mmol/L)
|
9.6 ± 0.6
|
9.8 ± 0.6
|
0.04
|
|
Phosphorus (mmol/L)
|
5.1 ± 0.7
|
5.2 ± 0.7
|
0.995
|
|
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L )
|
197.7 ± 86.8
|
192.7 ± 78.3
|
0.996
|
|
Parathyroid hormone (mmol/L)
|
37.2 ± 17.0
|
29.9 ± 16.2
|
0.004
|
- SD: Standard Deviation, p: student’s t test.
