Table 4 Relationship between vitamin D level and both frequency and severity of exacerbations in the last year in non-CF bronchiectasis patients
From: Impact of vitamin D status on CF and non-CF bronchiectasis outcomes
Pulmonary exacerbations in the last year | Vitamin D group | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deficient (< 20 ng/mL) | Insufficient (20–29 ng/mL) | Sufficient (≥30 ng/mL) | |||
Frequency | Infrequent (< 3 times) | 3(33.3%) | 5(62.5%) | 3(100.0%) | 0.166# |
Frequent (≥3 times) | 6(66.7%) | 3(37.5%) | 0(0.0%) | ||
Severity | Mild | 1(11.1%) | 3(37.5%) | 2(66.7%) | 0.232# |
Moderate | 6(66.7%) | 5(62.5%) | 1(33.3%) | ||
Severe | 2(22.2%) | 0(0.0%) | 0(0.0%) | ||