Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 2 Vitamin D levels are compared with age, lateral epicondylitis, its duration, PRTEE, VAS, and grip strength

From: Role of vitamin D in lateral epicondylitis among Egyptians

		VIT D level									ANOVA
		Deficiency			Insufficient			Sufficient			F	P value
Lateral epicondylitis	Range	5.3	-	17	22	-	27	33	–	60.1	395.925	< 0.001*
Lateral epicondylitis	Mean ±SD	10.668	±	3.191	24.100	±	1.838	41.893	±	7.149	395.925	< 0.001*
Age	Range	35	-	50	37	-	48	37	–	49	1.958	0.147
Age	Mean ±SD	41.160	±	4.683	42.800	±	4.541	43.000	±	3.363	1.958	0.147
Pain duration	Range	3	-	12	8	-	11	5	–	12	2.222	0.114
Pain duration	Mean ±SD	7.400	±	3.143	9.200	±	1.229	8.200	±	2.107	2.222	0.114
PRTEE	Range	60	-	83	30	-	56	18	–	35	392.465	< 0.001*
PRTEE	Mean ±SD	69.680	±	6.850	41.200	±	9.414	27.333	±	5.208	392.465	< 0.001*
VAS	Range	6	-	9	4	-	5	2	–	5	138.519	< 0.001*
VAS	Mean ±SD	7.520	±	1.111	4.400	±	0.516	3.600	±	1.102	138.519	< 0.001*
Grip	Range	6	-	20	19	-	23	15	–	45	147.811	< 0.001*
Grip	Mean ±SD	11.440	±	4.041	21.000	±	1.491	33.733	±	8.149	147.811	< 0.001*

PRTEE Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation, VAS visual analog scale, SD standard deviation, P > 0.05 NS, *P ≤ 0.05 S, **P ≤ 0.001 HS ANOVA test

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