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Table 2 Partial correlations with vitamin D as the dependent variable controlling for age

From: Lower vitamin D status is more common among Saudi adults with diabetes mellitus type 1 than in non-diabetics

 

Over all

Control

T1DM

 

R

P value

R

P value

R

P value

N

137

 

60

 

77

 

Waist (cm)

−0.07

0.39

0.01

0.94

−0.06

0.57

Hips (cm)

−0.11

0.22

−0.03

0.83

−0.07

0.53

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

0.03

0.75

−0.03

0.82

0.05

0.68

Glucose (mmol/L)

0.12

0.16

0.09

0.50

0.03

0.78

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

0.03

0.72

−0.05

0.72

0.08

0.48

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

0.18

0.04

0.27

0.04

0.02

0.85

LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

−0.15

0.16

−0.12

0.36

−0.19

0.29

Ca (mmol/L)

−0.07

0.41

0.01

0.97

0.14

0.24

  1. p-value <0.05 is significant.