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Table 2 Serum levels of 25(OH)D3, retinol, zinc, and CRP among children and adolescents with different nutritional statusa

From: Serum levels of vitamin D, retinol, zinc, and CRP in relation to obesity among children and adolescents

 

Low weight (N = 177)

Eutrophic (N = 1980)

Overweight (N = 304)

Obese (N = 297)

Fb

p

25(OH)D3 (ng/mL)

2.8 (0.7)

2.8 (0.7)

2.8 (0.7)

2.9 (0.7)

2.612

0.050

Retinol (mg/dL)

2.6 (0.6)

2.7 (0.6)

2.7 (0.6)

2.7 (0.5)

12.309

0.069

Zinc (mg/dL)

108.0 (34.7)

110.9 (46.9)

110.5 (29.8)

113.5 (27.1)

0.671

0.570

CRP (mg/dL)

0.8 (2.7)

0.8 (3.7)

1.1 (2.6)

2.4 (6.9)

15.022

< 0.001

  1. aValues in parentheses are SD
  2. bF is the statistic from ANOVA