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Table 3 Serum vitamin D levels (ng/ml) in Kuwaiti T1DM patients divided into sub-groups on the basis of age of onset of the disease

From: Low serum vitamin-D status is associated with high prevalence and early onset of type-1 diabetes mellitus in Kuwaiti children

Mean serum vitamin D levels ± SD* (ng/ml)

<4 years (a) (N = 44)

2–6 years (b) (N = 55)

>6 years (c) (N = 115)

p-value

CI**

16.313 ± 6.877

14.56 ± 5.946

12.616 ± 6.566

  

Statistical comparison between patient sub-groups

 Sub-group (a) with (b)

 

0.18

−8.30 to 4.336

 Sub-groups (a) with (c)

 

0.001

1.43 to 5.96

 Sub-group (b) with (c)

 

0.069

−0.15 to 4.03

  1. aSD standard deviation; bCI 95 % confidence interval