Associations between vitamin D status and carotid CIMT and carotid plaque
| Total (N=3,495) |
Sufficiency (n=723) |
Insufficiency (n=1,301) |
Deficiency (n=1,471) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rt. CIMT (mm) | 0.8364 | 0.8812 | 0.9 | 0.757 | 0.223 |
| Lt. CIMT (mm) | 0.7847 | 0.7890 | 0.7932 | 0.7752 | 0.065 |
| Rt. carotid plaque | 1,024 (29.30) | 227 (31.40) | 392 (30.13) | 405 (27.53) | 0.123 |
| Lt. carotid plaque | 1,135 (32.47) | 239 (33.06) | 432 (33.21) | 464 (31.54) | 0.603 |
Values are expressed as the means or numbers (%).
CIMT, carotid intima-media thickness; Rt., right; Lt., left.
aVitamin D deficiency was defined as the 25(OH) vitamin D levels <20 ng/mL, insufficiency as the 25(OH) vitamin D levels ≤20 and >30 ng/mL, sufficiency as the 25(OH) vitamin D levels ≥30 ng/mL.
P-values for categorical variables tested by chi-square and for continuous variable by ANOVA.