Study on the correlation between B vitamins and breast cancer

Table 1 Comparison of vitamin concentration levels among healthy controls, benign breast disease patients and breast cancer patients (n = 216)

Variables (n = 216)	Healthy controls (n = 91)		Benign breast disease patients (n = 380)		Breast cancer patients (n = 87)		H	p-value^b
Variables (n = 216)	Median	Interquartile range	Median	Interquartile range	Median	Interquartile range	H	p-value^b
VitA(ng/ml)^a	405.28	151.37	368.355	166.48	401.37	1488.19	2.212	0.331
VitD2(ng/ml)^a	1.20	1.07	1.94	3.76	1.45	1.73	10.275	0.006
VitD3(ng/ml)^a	16.8	5.93	19.71	13.33	18.685	11.78	2.661	0.264
VitK(ng/ml)^a	0.19	0.20	0.12	0.15	0.17	0.20	6.443	0.040
VitE(ug/ml)^a	13.38	6.84	7.795	4.79	11.90	7.34	29.964	< 0.001
VitB1(ng/ml)^a	0.66	0.31	1.335	1.07	1.155	0.94	58.426	< 0.001
VitB2(ng/ml)^a	4.36	5.31	5.025	7.47	4.575	4.06	2.455	0.293
VitB3(ng/ml)^a	15.18	16.26	22.44	16.78	13.415	12.68	17.101	< 0..001
VitB5(ng/ml)^a	23.41	14.39	30.45	13.03	32.455	19.57	15.479	< 0..001
VitB6(ng/ml)^a	2.10	1.59	2.53	1.35	2.085	1.54	4.683	0.096
VitB7(ng/ml)^a	0.17	0.46	0.12	0.20	0.17	0.25	4.146	0.126
VitB9(ng/ml)^a	4.51	3.89	7.55	11.23	4.165	4.05	14.175	0.001
VitB12(ng/ml)^a	0.02	0.02	0.245	0.03	0.235	0.03	4.258	0.119
VitC(ug/ml)^a	6.83	3.88	5.465	6.76	4.78	6.49	11.164	0.004

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