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Table 6 Vitamin D status and its relations with PTH status, ALP status, Ca status and P status

From: Epidemiology and risk factors of hypovitaminosis D in a cohort of internationally adopted children: a retrospective study

 

Vitamin D Status

 

Severe VDD (<  10 ng/mL)

Moderate VDD (10–20 ng/mL)

Mild VDD (20–30 ng/mL)

Normal VD (>  30 ng/mL)

p values

PTH status (n = 822)

Normal (<  10 pg/mL)

94 (11.8%)

323 (40.6%)

262 (33.0%)

116 (14.6%)

0.086

Decreased (10–65 pg/mL)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (100%)

0 (0.0%)

Increased (>  65 pg/mL)

3 (12.5%)

14 (58.3%)

3 (12.5%)

4 (16.7%)

ALP status (n = 831)

Normal a

69 (10.9%)

259 (41.1%)

218 (34.7%)

84 (13.3%)

0.001

Increased a

34 (16.9%)

76 (37.8%)

49 (24.4%)

42 (20.9%)

Ca status (n = 824)

Normal (8.8–10.8 mg/dL)

100 (12.5%)

324 (40.3%)

261 (32.5%)

84 (13.3%)

0.296

Decreased (<  8.8 mg/dL)

0 (0.0%)

3 (100%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Increased (>  10.8 mg/dL)

1 (5.6%)

5 (27.8%)

8 (44.4%)

4 (22.2%)

P status (n = 813)

Normal b

84 (11.5%)

293 (40.1%)

249 (34.1%)

105 (14.3%)

0.014

Decreased b

4 (11.1%)

16 (44.5%)

7 (19.4%)

9 (25.0%)

Increased b

12 (26.1%)

20 (43.5%)

11 (23.9%)

3 (6.5%)

  1. χ2-test was used to determine statistically significant relationships among categorical variables
  2. a Normal values, depending on the date of the blood draw and the age/sex of the patient, are accurately described within the section “Subjects and Methods”;
  3. b Normal values, depending on the age of the patient, are accurately described within the section “Subjects and Methods”