Research Article

The Association between Vitamin D Hypovitaminosis and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Saudi Diabetic Patients Type II

Table 3

Lifetime and 10-year ASCVD risk among type 2 diabetic patients in relation to serum vitamin D levels.

Vitamin D statusLifetime ASCVD risk10 years of ASCVD risk

T2DM (93)
Sufficiency (20)47.5 ± 9.10.0284.05 (0.6–20.7)0.027
Insufficiency (25)54.3 ± 11Post-hoc test5.8 (2–29.3)Mann-Whiteny test
Deficiency (48)54.8 ± 11.8P a = 0.049.6 (1–32.8)
P b = 0.01
P c = 0.8

Lifetime ASCVD risk by ANOVA, posthoc test: Pa : sufficiency vs. insufficiency, Pb : sufficiency vs. deficiency, Pc : insufficiency vs. deficiency. 10 years of ASCVD risk by Kruskall Whalis Mann–Whiteny test: : sufficiency vs. deficiency statistically significant at .