Table 2 Correlation coefficients of the serum 25(OH)D concentration and the carotid intima-media thickness with other cardiovascular risk factors.

	Serum 25(OH)D	cIMT
Clinical profiles
Age	0.110**	0.425**
Male gender	0.361**	0.219**
Smoking	0.142**	0.118**
Hypertension	0.047*	0.202**
Diabetes	0.025	0.104**
Dyslipidemia	0.046	0.018
Metabolic syndrome	− 0.090**	0.105**
Waist	0.035	0.196**
BMI	− 0.096**	0.066**
Antihypertensive agents	0.047*	0.124**
Lipid-lowering agents	0.043	0.031
Biochemical and image studies
eGFR	− 0.254**	− 0.315**
FBG	− 0.053*	0.057*
HOMA-IR	− 0.115**	0.052*
LDL	− 0.091**	− 0.026
HDL	− 0.082**	− 0.149**
TG	− 0.152**	0.035
Uric acid	0.179**	0.162**
hsCRP	0.018	0.116
iPTH	− 0.118**	− 0.004
VitD3	–	0.105**
Hip BMD	0.132**	− 0.021
Total body fat (%) (DXA)	− 0.341**	− 0.117**
cIMT	0.105**	–

BMI body mass index, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, FBG fasting blood glucose, HOMA-IR homeostatic model assessment, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, TG triglyceride, hsCRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, iPTH intact parathyroid hormone, VitD3 vitamin D3, BMD bone mineral density, DXA dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, cIMT carotid intima-media thickness.
*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2 tailed).

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