Assessment of serum vitamin D levels in surgical adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Comparison of the study variables between the male and female groups (N = 67)

Variable	Male	Female	Mean difference	t	p-value	Confidence interval
Variable	Male	Female	Mean difference	t	p-value	Lower	Upper
Vitamin D	33.09 ± 16.4	39.36 ± 30.4	−6.27	−0.72	0.12	−23.74	11.19
Cobb angle	64.5 ± 24.56	56.12 ± 19.5	8.38	1.266	0.56	−4.86	21.62
Spinal BMD	0.81 ± 0.19	0.77 ± 0.29	0.04	0.38	0.49	−0.16	0.24
Left NOF BMD	0.82 ± 0.10	0.78 ± 0.13	0.04	0.913	0.34	−0.05	0.14
Right NOF BMD	0.78 ± 0.12	0.79 ± 0.13	−0.01	−0.19	0.52	−0.11	0.09
ALP	265.9 ± 125.53	145.84 ± 69.64	120.06	4.042	0.002	60.27	179.84

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