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Table 4 Associations of PTH and 25(OH)D with socio-demographic, anthropometric, clinical and analytical characteristics

From: Vitamin D, parathyroid hormone and metabolic syndrome – the PORMETS study

 

PTH

25(OH)D

 

β (95% CI)b

p value

β (95% CI)b

p value

Gender

 Women

a

 

a

 

 Men

−3.331 (−6.415, −0.246)

0.034

0.383 (−0.666,1.433)

0.473

Age (years)

0.320 (0.225,0.415)

<0.001

−0.029 (−0.061,0.003)

0.080

UV exposure

 Low UV

a

 

a

 

 High UV

−0.531 (−2.541,3.603)

0.734

0.940 (−0.105,1.985)

0.078

Physical exercise

 No

a

 

a

 

 Yes

−2.346 (−5.799,1.087)

0.180

1.655 (0.484,2.826)

0.006

 BMI

0.475 (0.143,0.807)

0.005

−0.150 (−0.262, −0.037)

0.009

 WC

0.184 (0.048,0.320)

0.008

−0.039 (−0.085,0.008)

0.101

 Glucose

−2.319 (−7.704,3.066)

0.398

−2.051 (−3.903, −0.199)

0.030

 Triglycerides

−1.118 (−3.557,1.322)

0.368

−1.322 (−2.139, −0.505)

0.002

 Calcium

−2.098 (−7.923,3.727)

0.479

0.298 (−1.690,2.286)

0.768

 Phosphorus

−4.689 (−7.567, −1.812)

0.001

0.245 (−0.748,1.238)

0.628

 Creatinine

14.553 (5.267,23.838)

0.002

2.367 (−0.789,5.522)

0.141

 PTH

  

−0.004 (−0.034,0.025)

0.770

 25(OH)D

−0.040 (−0.311,0.230)

0.770

  
  1. Some of the variables without significant associations were excluded from the table: level of education, drinking and smoking habits, height, weight, hip circumference, WHR, WHtR, systolic and diastolic BP, HDL-cholesterol, total cholesterol, albumin, insulin, HOMA and hs-CRP
  2. CI confidence interval, UV Ultraviolet, low UV period December–May, high UV period June–November, IMC body mass index, WC waist circumference, PTH parathyroid hormone serum levels, 25(OH)D 25-hydroxyvitamin D serum levels
  3. aReference class
  4. bβ coefficients adjusted for gender and age