Table 2 Vitamin D status and characteristics of the population
Vitamin D Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Severe VDD (< 10 ng/mL) | Moderate VDD (10–20 ng/mL) | Mild VDD (20–30 ng/mL) | Normal VD (> 30 ng/mL) | p values | ||
Sex (n = 859) | Male | 49 (10.1%) | 211 (43.7%) | 149 (30.9%) | 74 (15.3%) | 0.043 |
Female | 58 (15.4%) | 137 (36.4%) | 127 (33.8%) | 54 (14.4%) | ||
BMI category (n = 699) | Underweight | 2 (5.4%) | 17 (45.9%) | 14 (37.8%) | 4 (10.8%) | 0.521 |
Normal weight | 78 (14.5%) | 235 (43.8%) | 160 (29.9%) | 63 (11.8%) | ||
Overweight | 11 (16.4%) | 21 (31.3%) | 26 (38.8%) | 9 (13.4%) | ||
Obese | 7 (11.9%) | 29 (49.1%) | 18 (30.5%) | 5 (8.5%) | ||
Skin color (n = 859) | Very fair/fair | 36 (12.4%) | 115 (39.7%) | 98 (33.8%) | 41 (14.1%) | < 0.001 |
Intermediate | 26 (7.6%) | 128 (37.7%) | 121 (35.6%) | 65 (19.1%) | ||
Olive/Brown | 45 (19.6%) | 105 (45.9%) | 57 (24.9%) | 22 (9.6%) | ||