Research Article

Clinical Usefulness of Bioavailable Vitamin D and Impact of GC Genotyping on the Determination of Bioavailable Vitamin D in a Korean Population

Table 1

Subject characteristics.

Healthy controls ()Patients with LC ()Pregnant women () value

Age (yr)50 (40-60)52 (46-62)33 (32-36)<0.001
Female ()19 (35.8%)8 (17.8%)38 (100%)<0.001
Albumin (g/dl)4.5 (4.4-4.7)2.9 (2.2-3.3)3.6 (3.5-3.8)<0.001
Child-Pugh class ()
 A4 (8.9%)
 B26 (57.8%)
 C15 (33.3%)
Trimester ()
 First2 (5.3%)
 Second4 (10.5%)
 Third32 (84.2%)

Values are presented with median (interquartile range) or number (percentage). yr: year; LC: liver cirrhosis.