Research Article
Association between Vitamin D Receptor Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Colorectal Cancer in the Thai Population: A Case-Control Study
Table 1
Comparison of clinical characteristics between colorectal cancer cases and controls.
| | Characteristic | CRC cases | Controls | value |
| | Age (years) | | | 1.00 | | Male, (%) | 103 (57%) | 59 (32%) | <0.001 | | History of CRC in 1st-degree relatives, (%) | 128 (70%) | 134 (74%) | 0.48 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | | | 0.06 | | | | | | Vitamin D level (ng/mL) | | | 0.52 | | Vitamin D status, (%) | | | | | (i) Severe deficiency (<10 ng/mL) | 7 (4.5%) | 3 (1.7%) | 0.30 | | (ii) Deficiency (10-19.99 ng/mL) | 40 (25.8%) | 43 (24.7%) | | | (iii) Insufficiency (20-29.99 ng/mL) | 71 (45.8%) | 93 (53.4%) | | | (iv) Normal (≥30 ng/mL) | 37 (23.9%) | 35 (20.1%) |
|
|
CRC: colorectal cancer.
|
