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Table 2 Clinical, anthropometric, biochemical markers of bone turnover and related variables of subjects according to serum 25(OH)D concentrations [mean (SD)] unless stated otherwise

From: Vitamin D deficiency associations with metabolic, bone turnover and adverse general health markers in community free living adults

Characteristic

Deficiency

25(OH)D (< 20 ng/ml)

Insufficiency

25(OH)D (20-32 ng/ml)

Optimal

25(OH)D (> 32 ng/ml)

P value

Weight (Kg)

77.8 (18)

78.76 (18)

80.81 (18)

0.313

BMI

29.47 (11)

29.13 (14)

28.89 (5)

0.910

SBP (mmHg)

122.8 (17)

125.7 (16)

124.2 (14)

0.320

DBP (mmHg) *

74.84 (8)

77.5 (8)

76.94 (8)

0.012*

HbA1C (%)

5.77 (0.97)

5.63 (0.90)

5.79 (1.13)

0.175

Glucose (mmol/L)

6.25 (2.67)

6.03 (2.44)

6.22 (2.73)

0.614

Hs CRP (mg/L)

3.68 (4.34)

3.36 (3.42)

3.10 (2.97)

0.326

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.82 (0.99)

4.88 (0.93)

4.78 (0.95)

0.598

HDL (mmol/L)

1.28 (0.73)

1.26 (0.39)

1.26 (0.36)

0.911

LDL (mmol/L)

3.26 (0.92)

3.26 (0.86)

3.11 (0.87)

0.246

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.34 (0.90)

1.45 (1.07)

1.39 (1.19)

0.457

Calcium (mmol/L)

2.29 (0.11)

2.28 (0.99)

2.29 (0.11)

0.679

Phosphate (mmol/L)

1.18 (0.20)

1.21 (0.17)

1.18 (0.19)

0.084

Osteocalcin (ng/ml)

18.0 (7.07)

18.11 (8.43)

17.97 (12.1)

0.986

PTH (pg/ml)

29.52 (18.5

28.72 (15.35)

32.37 (48.2)

0.441

P1NP (ng/ml)

50.22 (23)

47.71 (21.48)

50.85 (59.8)

0.600

CTX1 (ng/ml)

10.17 (7.3)

11.83 (7.58)

10.41 (6.56)

0.212

U-DPD (nmol/L)

95.57 (47.8)

90.81 (44.9)

93.89 (48.6)

0.837

U-PYD (nmol/L)

230.14 (89.6)

234.11 (104)

217.38 (93)

0.670

PYD/Cr (nmol/mmol)

24.14 (11.6)

24.34 (12)

22.61 (11.8)

0.738

DPD/Cr (nmol/mmol)

10.29 (6.03)

9.63 (5.66)

10.13 (6.5)

0.806

  1. *P < 0.05
  2. Abbreviations: HDL High density lipoprotein, LDL Low density lipoprotein, HsCRP High sensitivity C reactive protein, PTH Parathyroid Hormone, P1NP Procollagen type-1 N-terminal propeptide, CTX1 C-terminal telopeptide of type −1 collagen, U DPD Urine Deoxypyridinoline, U PYD Urine Pyridinoloine, OSTEO Osteocalcin