Prevalence of IgA-antiendomysial antibody in a patient cohort with idiopathic low bone mineral density

Table 2 Laboratory findings of EMA positive and negative patients

Mean	EMA negative(n = 122)	EMA positive(n = 13)
25(OH) vitamin D (ng/mL)	19.8 ± 4.88	11.6 ± 1.89b
Parathormone (pmol/L)	42.7 ± 14.8	59.9 ± 18.6b
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	12.3 ± 1.5	11.9 ± 2.3
Mean corpuscular volume (fL)	88.7 ± 4.8	86.5 ± 3.2
Calcium (mg/dL)	9.7 ± 0.9	9.0 ± 0.5a
Phosphorus (mg/dL)	3.4 ± 0.4	3.2 ± 0.8
ALP (IU/L)	70.6 ± 21.8	71.4 ± 12.8
Vitamin B12 (pg/mL)	355.6 ± 121.7	302 ± 45.9

^aP < 0.05 vs EMA negative groups (unpaired t-test);

^bP < 0.01 vs EMA negative groups (unpaired t-test).