Clinical Study
Hypovitaminosis D in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Relation to Disease Control and Complications
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of diabetic patients in diabetics and controls.
| | | Diabetics | Controls | P value* |
| | Age (years) | 59.2 (11.4) | 60.1 (10.9) | NS | | Male % | 38.7% | 39.2% | NS | | Female % | 61.3% | 60.8% | | Height (cm) | 163.2 (9.6) | 162.9 (9.9) | NS | | Weight (kg) | 83.5 (15.4) | 80.1 (11.4) | 0.01 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 30.9 (5.2) | 28.8 (4.5) | 0.001 | | Vitamin D supplementation % | 35.9% | 36.8% | NS | | Systolic BP (mm Hg) | 136.1 (22.3) | 130.2 (20.4) | 0.04 | | Diastolic BP (mm Hg) | 78.7 (12.6) | 75.5 (11.9) | 0.001 | | 25 (OH) vitamin D (ng/mL) | 20.1 (12.5) | 22.5 (12) | NS | | Calcium (mg/dL) | 9.3 (0.4) | 9.4 (0.5) | NS | | Phosphorous (mg/dL) | 3.5 (0.5) | 3.7 (0.5) | NS | | Creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.7 (0.2) | 0.8 (0.5) | NS | | CRP | 5.3 (6.5) | 3.4 (2.2) | 0.002 | | Smokers % | 51.5% | 52.1% | NS | | History of hypertension % | 83.7% | 57.0% | 0.004 | | History of dyslipidemia % | 90.4% | 75.3% | 0.003 | | 25 (OH) D < 20 ng/mL (%) | 60% | 53% | NS |
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Values are mean (SD) or percentages, as appropriate.
*
value for difference between groups by t-test or chi-square, as appropriate.
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