Association of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy with Vitamin D Levels Depends on Vitamin D Status

29 October 2021: Clinical Research

Yang Ou ^1EF , Zhi Liang ^2B , Yang Yang ^3CD , Yi-kun Zhou ^1ABG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.931244

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e931244

Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of neuropathic symptom-related risk factors in VDI (<30 ng/mL 25-(OH) D) patients.

Variable	β	S.E.	Wald	P	OR	95%CI
Sex	−0.250	0.119	4.436	0.035*	0.779	0.617–0.983
Age (years)	0.028	0.098	0.083	0.773	1.029	0.849–1.246
Duration of diabetes (years)	−0.095	0.086	1.210	0.271	0.910	0.769–1.077
BMI (kg/m)	0.002	0.071	0.001	0.980	1.002	0.872–1.151
25-hydroxyvitamin D (ng/mL)	0.379	0.095	16.017	0.000***	1.461	1.214–1.760
Data are expressed as median and range; Significance, ***