Table 8 Differences in vitamin levels between patients with gastrointestinal and extra-intestinal CeD.

From: Vitamin and trace elements imbalance are very common in adult patients with newly diagnosed Celiac disease

Micronutrients

gastrointestinal

(n = 23)

extra-intestinal(n = 36)

P value

Vitamin A

166.7 ± 75.15

241.0 ± 106.0

0.005**

Vitamin D

10.4 ± 5.11

11.99 ± 5.31

0.1703

Vitamin D2

1.22 ± 2.22

1.32 ± 2.13

0.7142

Vitamin D3

9.87 ± 5.03

9.44 ± 5.17

0.7027

Vitamin E

5.49 ± 2.76

6.81 ± 3.23

0.1108

Vitamin K1

0.44 ± 0.37

0.44 ± 0.41

0.9600

Vitamin K2

0.18 ± 0.10

0.26 ± 0.21

0.2377

Vitamin K2

0.66 ± 0.76

0.50 ± 0.30

0.9232

Vitamin B1

1.81 ± 0.98

2.10 ± 1.26

0.2738

Vitamin B2

11.53 ± 6.41

10.45 ± 3.92

0.9816

Vitamin B3

83.65 ± 20.19

84.55 ± 22.28

0.8753

Vitamin B5

47.85 ± 17.62

44.69 ± 16.97

0.4470

Vitamin B6

2.48 ± 0.86

3.13 ± 1.44

0.1505

Vitamin B7

0.33 ± 0.22

0.28 ± 0.36

0.0939

Vitamin B9

2.56 ± 2.06

2.76 ± 2.81

0.8300

Vitamin B12

0.43 ± 0.25

0.39 ± 0.25

0.2839

Vitamin C

1.95 ± 1.35

2.19 ± 1.08

0.1482

iron

5.43 ± 0.64

5.46 ± 0.85

0.8640

copper

11.36 ± 2.73

11.14 = 3.14

0.7793

zinc

68.46 ± 6.75

70.61 = 6.21

0.3169

selenium

109.7 ± 10.46

111.6 ± 11.72

0.7143

molybdenum

0.29 ± 0.38

0.27 ± 0.45

0.7604

lead

13.71 ± 5.04

12.14 ± 7.14

0.1107

magnesium

1.35 ± 0.21

1.29 ± 0.17

0.4894

calcium

1.39 ± 0.22

1.37 ± 0.22

0.7961

chromium

5.31 ± 1.88

4.87 ± 1.40

0.3234

manganese

13.5 ± 7.38

13.47 ± 5.33

0.5973

  1. Data are mean ± s.d. *P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; t test or Wilcoxon.