Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and vitamin D insufficiency are not associated with sepsis in critically ill children: a case-control study

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Table 4 VDR polymorphisms distribution among the studied patients in relation to age, length of ICU stay, and vitamin D levels

		BsmI			p-value	Fok I			p-value	ApaI			p-value	TaqI			p-value
		GG	AG	AA	p-value	TT	CT	CC	p-value	CC	AC	AA	p-value	TT	CT	CC	p-value
Age (months)	Mean	23.8	41	40.96	0.508	16.20	34.50	43.52	0.113	23.50	35.54	41.10	0.722	22.61	46.72	44.93	0.071
	SD^a	35.75	44.32	45.11		20.12	49.48	40.87		27.46	44.02	45.24		33.2	48.54	43.84
	Median	12	24	12		7.00	9.00	24.00		14.00	12.00	12.00		7.5	24	30
	Range	1–120	3–144	1–156		1–48	2–156	1–144		2–72	2–156	1–144		1–108	2–156	1–144
Length of stay (days)	Mean	8.8	22	14.91	0.08	11.40	15.78	17.19	0.762	23.00	12.77	16.16	0.4	17.17	14.28	17.07	0.421
	SD^a	7.16	22.21	17.98		6.50	20.49	18.78		20.53	7.36	21.16		19.78	20.05	15.3
	Median	6.5	15	9		12.00	9.00	11.00		17.50	12.00	9.00		11.5	8.5	13.5
	Range	1–26	4–90	1–90		4–21	1–90	1–90		1–60	3–22	1–90		1–90	3–90	1–60
Vitamin D (ng/ml)	Mean	25.20	33.35	27.95	0.74	34.92	26.56	29.97	0.219	24.75	35.45	27.50	0.095	31.48	35.03	18.90	0.475
	SD^a	15.89	37.66	32.38		24.22	36.05	30.24		21.75	23.23	36.04		34.99	37.95	8.94
	Median	23.15	18.10	18.80		20.90	13.25	21.00		14.75	27.60	17.00		20.4	17.2	16.3
	Range	11.6–65.4	9.8–156.8	9.8–158.6		12.3–64.8	9.8–158.6	9.8–156.8		9.8–64.8	10.6–74.1	9.8–158.6		9.8–158.6	10.3–156.8	9.8–34.3