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Table 2 Distribution of vitamin D status

From: Vitamin D deficiency and prognostics among patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma

 

Deficient vitamin D

Insufficient vitamin D

Sufficient vitamin D

P value

(<20 ng/mL)

(20–29 ng/mL)

(≥30 ng/mL)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

All patients

87 (49)

44 (25)

47 (26)

 

Age:

    

   <50 years

6 (35)

9 (53)

2 (12)

 

   ≥50 years

81 (50)

35 (22)

45 (28)

0.29

Race:

    

   White

70 (45)

40 (26)

45 (29)

 

   Non-white

17 (74)

4 (17)

2 (9)

0.029

Gender:

    

   Female

38 (46)

22 (27)

22 (27)

0.79

   Male

49 (51)

22 (23)

25 (26)

Tumor stage:

    

   I and II

36 (56)

15 (23)

13 (20)

 

   III and IV

51 (45)

29 (25)

34 (30)

0.27

Season:

    

   Autumn

11 (40)

9 (32)

8 (28)

 

   Winter

31 (55)

10 (18)

15 (27)

 

   Spring

33 (55)

14 (23)

13 (22)

 

   Summer

12 (35)

11 (32)

11 (32)

0.39

Body mass index:

    

   <25 kg/m2

30 (44)

19 (28)

19 (28)

 

   ≥25 kg/m2

57 (52)

25 (23)

28 (25)

0.058