Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency among Hemodialysis Patients in Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Spearman’s correlation of 25 (OH)D levels and various clinical and biochemical parameters.

Parameter	Correlation coefficient	value
Age (year)	−0.21	0.008
Dialysis period (year)	−0.016	0.836
Calcium (mg/dL)	0.031	0.836
Phosphorus (mg/dL)	0.020	0.799
PTH (pg/dL)	0.024	0.763
ALP (U/L)	0.05	0.530
Albumin (g/dL)	0.142	0.070
AST (U/L)	0.186	0.033
ALT (U/L)	0.199	0.011
AST/ALT	−0.023	0.777

Spearman’s rank tests; PTH: parathyroid hormone; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; ALT: alanine transaminase; AST: aspartate transaminase.