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Table 4 The distribution of Vitamin D levels by the severity of fatty liver disease measured by abdominal ultrasonography

From: Low vitamin D level was associated with metabolic syndrome and high leptin level in subjects with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a community-based study

Fatty liver

Mild

Moderate

Severe

P- value

Vitamin D

   

0.199

 Normal

118 (20.9)

100 (17.7)

14 (2.5)

 

 Insufficiency

119 (21.1)

89 (15.8)

24 (4.3)

 

 Deficiency

60 (10.6)

33 (5.9)

7 (1.2)

 

Vitamin D

   

0.058

 Q1

85 (15.1)

55 (9.8)

10 (1.8)

 

 Q2

77 (13.7)

49 (8.7)

15 (2.7)

 

 Q3

70 (12.4)

63 (11.2)

17 (3.0)

 

 Q4

65 (11.5)

55 (9.8)

3 (0.5)

 
  1. Vitamin D classification: normal (> 30 ng/ml), insufficiency (20–30 ng/ml), deficiency (< 20 ng/ml)
  2. Vitamin D quartile: Q1 (< 22.41 ng/ml),Q2 (22.41–28.41 ng/ml), Q3 (28.41–35.38 ng/ml), Q4 (> 35.38 ng/ml)