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 |