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Table 3 The effect of 25(OH) deficiency on the presence of VCS and severe vascular calcification: a multivariate logistic analysisa

From: Vitamin D: a possible modifying factor linking obesity to vascular calcification in hemodialysis patients

 

Vascular calcification

Presence (VCS ≥ 1)

Severe (VCS ≥7)

OR (95% CI)a

P

OR (95% CI)a

P

Total patients

 25(OH)D deficiency

  - Absence

1

-

1

-

  - Presence

1.52 (0.62-3.73)

0.255

1.78 (0.77-4.55)

0.110

Obese patients

 25(OH)D deficiency

  - Absence

1

-

1

-

  - Presence

3.02 (1.09-9.38)

0.034

5.75 (1.71-18.29)

0.005

Non-obese patients

 25(OH)D deficiency

  - Absence

1

-

1

-

  - Presence

1.82 (0.56-5.60)

0.298

1.11 (0.07-10.95)

0.085

  1. a adjusted with age, sex, diabetes, systolic BP, previous history of CAD, and elevated HDL cholesterol, TG, calcium and phosphorus levels (for total patients, PBF was further adjusted)
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Nutrition & Metabolism

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