Relationship between Serum Vitamin D and Calcium Levels and Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms in Colorectal Cancer

Table 1

Socio-demographic and biochemical analysis of patients and controls.

Physical and biochemical	Patients (n=50)	Controls (n=50)	P value
characteristics	Mean±SEM	Mean±SEM
Age (years)	55.58±1.779	51.72±1.597	0.06
Height (cm)	165.6±1.372	163.8±1.686	0.57
Weight (kg)	74.96±2.164	80.80±2.216	0.10
BMI (kg/m^2)	27.26±0.776	30.20±0.761	0.02
Hip (cm)	111.8±2.749	108.0±2.396	0.40
Waist (cm)	101.1±2.906	101.8±3.197	0.73
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.912±0.021	0.946±0.023	0.79
Total vitamin D (nmol/L)	88.22±9.56	143.30±10.33	< 0.0001
25(OH)D3 (nmol/L)	33.16±1.989	37.64±2.027	0.10
Ca (mmol/L)	2.22±0.021	2.32±0.014	< 0.0001

BMI: Body mass index, Ca: Calcium, P value was calculated by Mann-Whitney test.