Research Article
Significant Independent Predictors of Vitamin D Deficiency in Inpatients and Outpatients of a Nephrology Unit
Table 3
Demographic and laboratory results of the patients with and without vitamin D deficiency.
| | Variable | Patients with vitamin D deficiency
() | Patients without vitamin D deficiency
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| | Age (years) | 55.6 ± 18.1 (18–91) | 51.5 ± 14.8 (18–79) | 0.033 | | Hospitalization days | 7.8 ± 11.7 (0–60) | 3.3 ± 5.9 (0–28) | 0.001 | | Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) | 59.1 ± 33.8 (9–185) | 44.6 ± 25.1 (7–185) | <0.001 | | Serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 5.8 ± 3.8 (0.6–17.9) | 5.7 ± 3.9 (0.6–14.7) | NS | | Serum albumin (mg/dL) | 3.2 ± 0.7 (0.5–4.8) | 3.6 ± 0.5 (2.4–4.7) | <0.001 | | Serum calcium (mg/dL) | 8.9 ± 0.9 | 9.2 ± 0.9 (7–12.7) | 0.002 | | Serum phosphorus (mg/dL) | 4.8 ± 1.7 (1.9–11.9) | 4.5 ± 1.4 (1.9–8.8) | NS | | Serum parathyroid hormone (pg/mL) | 398.5 ± 408.3 (20.3–2500) | 342.2 ± 452.7 (10.9–2500) | 0.004 | | eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 23.4 ± 32.3 (1.5–125) | 26.7 ± 31.0 (2.1–125) | NS | | Previously treated with cholecalcipherol | 83 (47.7%) | 73 (68.9) | 0.001 |
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The data were mean ± SD (min–max) or frequency (%).
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