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Table 4 25OHD serum levels (ng/ml) in patients with unilateral and bilateral GCT

From: Are serum levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D reduced following orchiectomy in testicular cancer patients?

 

n

median

Q1; Q3

Min; max

mean

SD

p-value

Unilateral GCTa

159

15.80

10.50; 24.40

3.40; 142.40

19.62

15.63

 

Bilateral GCTa

6

14.0

9.40; 27.30

7.70; 46.70

19.85

14.84

 
       

P = 0.8721b

Cohort 2

84

19.15

10.5; 25.9

3.1; 85.1

21.27

14.54

 

Cohort 3

237

18.9

11.0; 26.5

3.4; 148.1

22.3

17.38

 
       

P = 0.1797c

  1. Q1 first quartile, Q3 third quartile, SD standard deviation
  2. cohort 2 denotes control group consisting of patients with non-neoplastic scrotal diseases; cohort 3 denotes control group 2 consisting of male urologic patients with non-testicular and non-neoplastic diseases
  3. a in each patient, the latest postoperative measurement value available was employed for analysis
  4. bMann Whitney U test for comparison of unilateral versus bilateral tumors
  5. cKruskal Wallis test for comparison of all cohorts
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Basic and Clinical Andrology

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