The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 5 25(OH)VD correlations with clinical data, laboratory investigations, SLEDAI, renal SLEDAI, and immunological parameters

From: Vitamin D in active systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis: a forgotten player

Variable	25(OH)D r value	25(OH)D P value
Fatigue	0.002	0.99
Fever	− 0.131	0.28
Mucocutaneous	− 0.234	0.05*
Alopecia	− 0.189	0.12
Malar rash	− 0.287	0.02*
Ulcer	− 0.082	0.50
Musculoskeletal	0.8	0.50
Myositis	0.92	0.44
Arthritis	− 0.016	0.89
Neuropsychiatric	− 0.082	0.50
Vasculitis	− 0.078	0.52
Renal	− 0.43	0.000***
Serositis	− 0.168	0.16
ESR	− 0.144	0.31
CRP	− 0.088	0.54
HB	0.141	0.32
RBCs	− 0.050	0.72
WBCs	− 0.064	0.65
PLT	0.095	0.51
ALT	− 0.004	0.97
AST	0.014	0.92
ALP	− 0.061	0.67
CPK	0.114	0.43
LDH	− 0.196	0.17
Serum albumin	0.189	0.19
A/G ratio	0.198	0.17
Glucose	− 0.105	0.47
Urea	− 0.199	0.17
Creatinine	− 0.123	0.4
Cholesterol	− 0.117	0.42
Triglyceride	− 0.049	0.74
HDL	− 0.056	0.7
LDL	− 0.094	0.52
Creatinine clearance	− 0.065	0.65
24 h protein in urine	− 0.170	0.24
SUA	− 0.199	0.17
ANA	0.142	0.24
SLEDAI	− 0.361	0.01*
Renal SLEDAI	− 0.325	0.02*
C3	− 0.153	0.288
C4	0.177	0.22
Anti-dsDNA	− 0.136	0.345

Data shown are Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) and p values. Significant correlations are highlighted in bold letters and shown as P value < 0.05 is a significant value
**Statistically significant (P < 0.05)
***Highly statistically significant (P < 0.001)

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