Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample.

From: The relationship between the level of vitamin D and ruptured intracranial aneurysms among patients with high sun exposure

Indicators

Vit D < 30.0 ng/ml

Vit D ≥ 30.0 ng/ml

p value

Demographics

 Age (years)

53.85 ± 15.00 (53.00)

49.43 ± 10.91 (49.50)

pa = 0.294

 Female, n (%)

71 (71.7)

8 (8.08)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

48 (48.5)

6 (6.06)

pd = 0.343

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

8 (8.08)

2 (2.02)

pc = 0.630

Smoking, n (%)

28 (28.3)

5 (5.05)

pc = 0.106

Alcohol use, n (%)

11 (11.1)

3 (3.03)

pc = 0.413

BMI

25.58 ± 3.83 (25.22)

24.04 ± 3.51 (24.00)

pa = 0.161

Solar exposure index

10.81 ± 8.68 (8.68)

11.97 ± 7.05 (13.37)

pb = 0.418

Skin phototype

pc = 0.552

 I

3 (3.03)

 

 II

11 (11.1)

2 (2.02)

 

 III

22 (22.2)

1 (1.01)

 

 IV

32 (32.3)

7 (7.07)

 

 V

14 (14.1)

3 (3.03)

 

 VI

3 (3.03)

1 (1.01)

 
  1. aUsing the Student’s t test with equal variances.
  2. bUsing the Mann–Whitney test.
  3. cUsing Fisher's exact test.
  4. dUsing Pearson's chi-square test.
  5. *Statistically significant difference at the 5.0% level.