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Table 3 Dietary intake of vitamins in AS and healthy groups

From: Effect of food intake and ambient air pollution exposure on ankylosing spondylitis disease activity

Vitamins

AS patients

N = 30 mean (SD)

Controls

N = 30 mean (SD)

P-value

t Test

Vitamin A (ÎĽg/d)

506.62 (250.1)

376.93 (153.8)

0.028*

Vitamin C (mg/d)

77.19 (34.5)

43.85 (29.7)

0.001**

Vitamin E (mg/d)

11.22 (6.05)

7.01 (2.5)

0.001**

Vitamin B1 (mg/d)

1.75 (0.8)

1.28 (0.7)

0.04*

Vitamin B2 (mg/d)

1.77 (0.6)

1.20 (0.3)

0.000**

Vitamin B3 (mg/d)

20.23 (8.5)

16.09 (8.8)

0.84

Vitamin B6 (mg/d)

1.53 (0.6)

1.18 (0.5)

0.03*

Vitamin B12 (mg/d)

2.72 (1.1)

2.29 (1.1)

0.17

  1. *: P-value 0.01 to 0.05, **: P-value 0.001 to 0.01