Vitamin D and its receptor in skeletal muscle are associated with muscle disease manifestation, lipid metabolism and physical fitness of patients with myositis

Table 2 The heat map of 25(OH)D and 1,25(OH)D vitamin D associations with clinical parameters in myositis patients before and after the exercise intervention

PT physiotherapy program, BMI body mass index, GC dose mg of prednisone equivalent, CRP C-reactive protein, MITAX myositis intention to treat activity index, DXA FM total fat mass by densitometry, HAQ health assessment questionnaire, HAP AAS human activity profile adjusted activity score, SF-36 PCS The 36-Item Short Form Health Survey physical component score, FI-2 functional index 2, MMT-8 manual muscle test of 8 muscles, TG triglycerides, NA not available
^#p < 0.05

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