Epidemiologic Data of Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Implication in Cardio-Cerebrovascular Risk in a Southern Italian Population

Table 5

Multivariate analysis. Multiple linear regression model (stepwise procedure) with 25(OH)D as the dependent variable and body mass index (BMI), metabolic syndrome score of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP), metabolic syndrome score of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), systolic blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol, glycemia, CRP, C3, and QTc.

Variable	Beta
Metabolic syndrome score-NCEP	−0.092	0.005
QTc	−0.007	0.002
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	−0.094	0.001
HDL (mg/dl)	0.083	0.012

Statistical significance was accepted for values of .