Research Article
Vitamin D is Positively Associated with Bone Mineral Density Muscle Mass and Negatively with Insulin Resistance in Senile Diabetes Mellitus
| | 25(OH)D-deficiency group () | 25(OH)D-normal group () | | |
| Mean age | | | 0.809 | 0.421 | Gender | | | 0.457 | 0.676 | Male | 16 | 24 | | | Female | 19 | 21 | | | Diabetes duration (years) | | | 1.182 | 0.241 | BMI (kg/m2) | | | 0.113 | 0.910 | HbA1c (%) | | | 0.816 | 0.417 | Fasting insulin (mmol/L) | | | 1.099 | 8.560 | Coexisting diseases | | | | | Hypertension | 12 | 17 | 0.104 | 0.322 | Coronary artery disease | 5 | 11 | 1.270 | 0.260 | Hyperlipidaemia | 6 | 10 | 0.318 | 0.573 |
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