Vitamin D Deficiency May Not Be an Independent Risk Factor for Peripheral Arterial Disease in Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in China

Table 2

Biochemical parameters according to vitamin D status in T2DM patients with peripheral arterial disease.

Group	Number	TC	HbA1c	LDL	HDL
A	58
B	54
C	5
LSD-,	A vs. C	0.627	0.155	0.444	0.577
	B vs. C	0.852	0.599	0.681	0.438
	A vs. B	0.462	0.028	0.384	0.586

. A: deficiency of vitamin D, 25(OH)D  nmol/L; B: insufficiency of vitamin D, 25(OH)D and ≥50 nmol/L; C: sufficiency of vitamin D, 25(OH)D  nmol/L; 25(OH)D: 25-hydroxyvitamin-D; TC: total cholesterol; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein.