Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency and hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease

Table 3 Univariate 25-hydroxyvitamin D correlations with physical and biochemical markers determined by Spearman correlation

	Spearman r	P value	Significance
Age	0.1110	0.16	ns
Total bilirubin	-0.3493	< 0.0001	f
Albumin	0.3153	< 0.0001	f
ALP	0.0203	0.80	ns
GGT	0.2055	0.0081	b
ALT	0.0246	0.75	ns
AST	-0.1741	0.0253	a
Creatinine	-0.0687	0.38	ns
Na+	0.2666	0.0005	e
Zn+	0.2790	0.0004	e
RBP	0.2913	0.0002	e
Transferrin	0.3568	< 0.0001	f
INR	-0.4232	< 0.0001	f
Ca2+	0.2370	0.0022	b
Ca2+ corrected	-0.1531	0.08	ns
PTH	-0.1824	0.0205	a
BMI	-0.2244	0.0055	b

^aP < 0.05;

^bP < 0.01;

^eP < 0.001;

^fP < 0.0001. ns: Not significant; ALP: Alkalinephosphatase; GGT: Glutamyl transpeptidase; ALT: Alanine transaminase; AST: Aspartate transaminase; RBP: Retinol binding protein; INR: International normalized ratio; PTH: Parathyroid hormone; BMI: Body mass index.