Table 2 Baseline serum levels of vitamin D, calcium, phosphorus, albumin, urea, creatinine and parathyroid hormone (PTH)
Vitamin D Sufficient (n = 16) | Vitamin D Insufficient (n = 66) | Total (n = 82) | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albumin (g/L), median [range] | 45 | [40–51] | 44 | [37–53] | 44 | [37–53] | 0.2 |
Missing | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
PTH (ng/mL), median [range] | 38 | [17–61] | 42 | [13.5–124] | 42 | [13.5–124] | 0.2 |
Missing | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
PTH, n (%) | |||||||
Normal | 14 | (100) | 55 | (87.3) | 69 | (89.6) | 0.3 |
Abnormal | 0 | (0) | 8 | (12.7) | 8 | (10.4) | |
Missing | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
Calcium (mmol/L), median [range] | 2.42 | [2.25–2.84] | 2.39 | [2.15–2.56] | 2.39 | [2.15–2.84] | 0.1 |
Missing | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Calcium, n (%) | |||||||
Normal | 13 | (81.3) | 60 | (93.7) | 73 | (91.3) | 0.1 |
Abnormal | 3 | (18.7) | 4 | (6.3) | 7 | (8.7) | |
Missing | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Phosphorus (mmol/L), median [range] | 1 | [0.88–1.29] | 1 | [0.65–1.61] | 1 | [0.65–1.61] | 0.7 |
Missing | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||||
Phosphorus (N) | |||||||
Normal | 16 | (100) | 53 | (88.3) | 69 | (90.8) | 0.3 |
Abnormal | 0 | (0) | 7 | (11.7) | 7 | (9.2) | |
Missing | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||||
Urea (mmol/L), median [range] | 4.5 | [2.9–8] | 4.7 | [2.2–8.2] | 4.7 | [2.2–8.2] | 0.9 |
Missing | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Creatinine (μmol/L), median [range] | 63 | [50–102] | 63 | [37–91] | 63 | [37–102] | 0.4 |
Missing | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
25 OH vit D (ng/mL), median [range] | 37.5 | [30.2–55] | 19.2 | [2.9–29.9] | 20.65 | [2.9–55] | < 0.001 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||