Research Article

Bone Mineral Density in Cystic Fibrosis Patients with the CFTR I1234V Mutation in a Large Kindred Family Is Associated with Pancreatic Sufficiency

Table 2

Association of different factors between CF patients having normal and low vitamin D 25(OH)D .

CharacteristicsCF patients with 25(OH)D 30 (ng/mL) ( )CF patients with 25(OH)D] <30 (ng/mL) ( ) value

Age (years) 0.999
BMI 0.099
Gender (female)3 (50%)13 (65%)0.644
Pseudomonas (+ive)6 (100%)10 (50%)0.053
Time of exposure to the sun (<30 min per day)3 (50%)16 (80%)0.293
Multivitamin (no)2 (33.3%)18 (90%)0.013
Phosphorus (mmol/L) 0.504
Calcium level (mmol/L) 0.730
ALP (U/L) 0.011
Vitamin K levels (ng/L) 0.105
FEV1 0.403
L1–L4 BMD score 0.898
Total hip score 0.607
Total body score 0.944

BMI: body mass index.