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Table 2 Serum vitamin D level in cases and controls

From: Vitamin D level in Egyptian children with otitis media with effusion

Variable

Cases (n=50)

Controls (n=50)

P-value

Serum vitamin D level (ng/ml)

16.0 ± 6.1

15.7 ± 5.3

0.770*

Vitamin D deficiency

37 (74.0%)

39 (78.0%)

 

Vitamin D insufficiency

12 (24.0%)

11 (22.0%)

 

Normal vitamin D level

1 (2.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 
   

0.640

  1. Data are mean ± standard deviation or number (percentage)
  2. *Unpaired t-test
  3. Pearson chi-squared test