Table 2

 Circulating vitamin D metabolites and parathyroid hormone balance in adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease

1,25(OH)2D (pg/ml)25(OH)D (ng/ml)iPTH (pg/ml)
CD, Crohn’s disease; UC, ulcerative colitis; 1,25(OH)2D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D; 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D; iPTH, immunoreactive parathyroid hormone.
Normal (n = 96)
    Mean (SEM)42.1 (1.4)27.0 (0.8)32.3 (0.8)
    Median41.52629
    Range15–855–5711–74
CD (n = 138)
    Mean (SEM)57.8 (2.5)24.2 (1.2)32.6 (2.4)
    Median5425.528.5
    Range24–2339–6610.6–73
UC (n = 29)
    Mean (SEM)41.3 (2.8)25.9 (3.3)28.8 (7.9)
    Median423024.8
    Range18–727–4810–72
t test (p values)
    Normal v CD<0.00010.350.45
    Normal v UC0.310.060.19
    CD v UC0.00010.120.28