Association of Vitamin D with the TaqI Polymorphism of the VDR Gene in Older Women Attending the Basic Health Unit of the Federal District, DF (Brazil)

Table 5

Clinical characteristics associated with the TT and Tt + tt genotypes of the TaqI polymorphism in the case and control groups.

Variáveis variables	TT					Tt + tt
	Hypovitaminosis D		Control			Hypovitaminosis D		Control
	N	%	N	%		N	%	N	%
Arterial hypertension
Yes	24	77.4	26	76.5	0.920^a	27	77.1	23	82.1	0.624^a
No	7	22.6	8	23.5		8	22.9	5	17.9
Diabetes mellitus
Yes	16	51.6	15	44.1	0.543^a	18	51.4	20	71.4	0.107^a
No	15	48.4	19	55.9		17	48.6	8	28.6
Fibromyalgia
Yes	2	6.5	1	2.9	0.602^b	0	0	0	0	NA
No	29	93.5	33	97.1		35	100	28	100
Inflammatory diseases
Yes	5	16.1	5	14.7	0.999^b	5	14.3	1	3.6	0.214^b
No	26	83.9	29	85.3		30	85.7	27	96.4

NA: not applicable; a: chi-square test; b: Fisher’s exact test.