Table 5 Vitamin D status, geographical origin and social environment
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 | ||
Macro-area (n = 859) | Europe | 24 (16.1%) | 68 (45.6%) | 39 (26.2%) | 18 (12.1%) | < 0.001 |
Latin America | 31 (12.1%) | 103 (40.2%) | 85 (33.2%) | 37 (14.5%) | ||
Asia | 34 (14.2%) | 67 (30.1%) | 73 (32.7%) | 49 (22.0%) | ||
Africa | 18 (7.8%) | 110 (47.6%) | 79 (34.2%) | 24 (10.4%) | ||
Climatic zone (n = 859) | Temperate | 31 (12.2%) | 102 (40.0%) | 85 (33.3%) | 37 (14.5%) | 0.002 |
Subtropical | 34 (20.5%) | 68 (41.0%) | 52 (31.3%) | 12 (7.2%) | ||
Tropical | 42 (9.7%) | 178 (40.6%) | 139 (31.7%) | 79 (18.0%) | ||
Housing solution (n = 828) | Foster home | 8 (11.4%) | 24 (34.4%) | 19 (27.1%) | 19 (27.1%) | 0.008 |
Foster family | 6 (9.2%) | 37 (56.9%) | 18 (27.7%) | 4 (6.2%) | ||
Orphanage | 90 (13.0%) | 275 (39.7%) | 227 (32.8%) | 101 (14.5%) | ||
Season of first blood draw (n = 859) | Spring | 29 (15.2%) | 94 (49.2%) | 50 (26.2%) | 18 (9.4%) | < 0.001 |
Summer | 3 (2.8%) | 41 (38.3%) | 56 (52.3%) | 49 (45.8%) | ||
Fall | 18 (6.9%) | 101 (39.0%) | 103 (39.8%) | 37 (14.3%) | ||
Winter | 57 (21.9%) | 112 (43.1%) | 67 (25.8%) | 24 (9.2%) | ||