Research Article
Evaluation of Vitamin D Status in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Its Association with Disease Activity across 15 Countries: “The COMORA Study”
Table 4
Association analysis between comorbidities and vitamin D status.
| Comorbidities | Vitamin D normal | Vitamin D insufficiency | Vitamin D deficiency | |
| Hypertension | 181 (36.6) | 272 (55.1) | 41 (8.3) | 0.9 | Diabetes | 46 (34.6) | 76 (57.1) | 11 (8.3) | 0.8 | Dyslipidemia | 41 (33.6) | 66 (54.1) | 15 (12.3) | 0.2 | Renal deficiency | 15 (37.5) | 21 (52.5) | 4 (10) | 0.9 | Anemia and blood diseases | 66 (40) | 88 (53.3) | 11 (6.7) | 0.5 | Cancer | 18 (42.9) | 21 (50) | 3 (7.1) | 0.7 | Osteoporosis therapy | 124 (42.6) | 150 (51.5) | 17 (5.8) | 0.04 | Lung diseases (COPD, asthma, cancer) | 50 (45.5) | 45 (40.9) | 15 (13.6) | 0.006 | Liver diseases | 20 (39.2) | 26 (51) | 5 (9.8) | 0.8 | Ulcer and stomach disease | 156 (33.7) | 91 (54.8) | 19 (11.4) | 0.3 |
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Number and percentage; vitamin D ≥ 30 ng/mL, 10 ng/mL ≤ vitamin D < 30 ng/mL, and vitamin D < 10 ng/mL; significant if ≤0.05.
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