Table 3 Stratified analyses and interaction tests of the association between 25(OH)D status and cardiovascular disease in T2DM subjects.

From: Association between serum vitamin D level and cardiovascular disease in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

No. of participants

25(OH)D status [OR (95% CI), p value]

p for interaction

Sufficient

Insufficiency

Deficiency

Sex

0.5383

 Male

946

1.0

0.84 (0.50, 1.43) 0.5320

1.69 (0.84, 3.40) 0.1408

 

 Female

432

1.0

2.08 (0.83, 5.21) 0.1188

4.32 (1.54, 12.12) 0.0055

 

Age (years)

0.1224

 ≤ 45

415

1.0

0.30 (0.08, 1.17) 0.0825

1.90 (0.45, 8.12) 0.3856

 

 45–60

683

1.0

1.22 (0.66, 2.24) 0.5251

1.96 (0.90, 4.27) 0.0908

 

 > 60

280

1.0

1.29 (0.45, 3.64) 0.6356

4.14 (1.10, 15.56) 0.0355

 

BMI (kg/m2)

0.3537

 < 24

417

1.0

1.20 (0.52, 2.77) 0.6781

4.09 (1.51, 11.10) 0.0056

 

 24–28

581

1.0

0.76 (0.38, 1.53) 0.4434

1.47 (0.61, 3.54) 0.3888

 

 ≥ 28

348

1.0

2.49 (0.85, 7.26) 0.0950

3.66 (1.03, 13.05) 0.0453

 
  1. The effect size of association was quantified by OR and 95% CI. Adjusted for sex, age, BMI, SBP, DBP, Smoking status, Alcohol intake, new onset, duration of T2DM, hypoglycemic therapy, Osteoporosis, TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, FBG, HbA1c, C-peptide 0, C-peptide 120, BUN, Cr, ALT, ALB, TBIL and PTH except the subgroup variable.
  2. CI confidence interval.
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