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Table 3 Correlation of 25(OH)D levels with adiposity measures in NG and T1D groups

From: Vitamin D deficiency increases with age and adiposity in Emirati children and adolescents irrespective of type 1 diabetes mellitus: a case control study

 

NG

T1D

Parameters

NG

rs

P-value

T1D

rs

P-value

N

 BMI Percentile

70.5 (20.5, 94.5)

-0.259

0.0000

63.5 (31.0, 88.0)

-0.281

0.0005

 Fat (%)

22.4 (14.8, 32.3)

-0.390

0.0000

21.4 (14.0, 29.1)

-0.272

0.0029

 Fat Mass (kg)

9.2 (4.4, 17.4)

-0.438

0.0000

9.6 (5.3, 15.9)

-0.302

0.0009

 Impedance

605.9 (548.7, 690.9)

0.237

0.0009

605.3 (554.2, 669.4)

0.199

0.0309

  1. Fat %, Fat mass (kg) and impedance N = 191 in NG group and N = 117 in T1D group. NG Normoglycaemic controls, T1D Type 1 Diabetes
  2. Values indicate median (IQR). rs Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient