Variables;"Deficient vitamin D";"Normal + Insufficient";p-value
Gender;;;
"Male, n (%)";"16 (45.7%)";"19 (54.3%)";0.93
"Female, n (%)";"8 (44.4%)";"10 (55.6%)";
Ethnicity;;;
"Bulgarian, n (%)";"5 (31.3%)";"11 (68.8%)";0.455
"Non-Bulgarian, n (%)";"8 (21.6%)";"29 (78.4%)";
"Diagnosis Group";;;
"CP, n (%)";"10 (29.4%)";"24 (70.6%)";0.728
"Autism, n (%)";"3 (15.8%)";"16 (84.2%)";
"Anthropometric measures";"Mean ± SD";"Mean ± SD";
"HAZ (Z score) *";−3.22±2.47;−0.99±1.89;0.002
"BMIAZ (Z score)";−2.19±2.93;−0.92±1.50;0.067
"WAZ (Z score) *";−2.99±2.72;−1.25±1.83;0.021
"MUACAZ (Z score)";−0.06±1.74;−0.26±1.05;0.725
"TSFAZ (Z score)";−0.39±1.68;−0.15±1.53;0.754
"SSFAZ (Z score)";−0.74±2.19;−0.12±1.49;0.443
"HCAZ (Z score)";"−0.47 (NA)";−2.58±1.90;0.437
"Biochemical measures";"Mean ± SD";"Mean ± SD";
"Hemoglobin (Hb, g/L)";125.45±10.78;129.76±8.87;0.183
"Lymphocyte count (×109/L) *";1.26±1.25;4.38±3.18;0.011
"Serum iron (µmol/L)";9.74±3.78;12.74±4.06;0.06
"TIBC, µmol/L *";38.79±35.13;60.09±14.03;0.018
"Ferritin (µg/L)";29.35±23.15;30.15±19.25;0.903
"Total protein (g/L)";68.83±5.07;72.95±7.04;0.141
"Albumin (g/L) *";43.33±3.79;47.04±2.86;<0.001
"Calcium (mmol/L)";2.39±0.10;2.42±0.16;0.58
"Magnesium (mmol/L)";0.88±0.09;0.88±0.08;0.965