Table 2 Vitamin D status and age, gender, body mass index (BMI) and area of residence.
From: Vitamin D status among adults in the Aegean region of Turkey
25(OH)D status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Deficient (<20 ng/mL) | Insufficient (20-29.99 ng/mL) | Sufficient (≥30 ng/mL) | p* | |
Total (n = 391) | 74.9% | 13.8% | 11.3% | |
Age (years) (n) | p = 0.6 | |||
<50 (n = 247) | 75.7% | 14.2% | 10.1% | |
≥50 (n = 144) | 73.6% | 13.2% | 13.2% | |
Gender | p = 0.025 | |||
Male (n = 119) | 66.4% | 20.2% | 13.4% | |
Female (n = 272) | 78.7% | 11.0% | 10.3% | |
BMI (kg/m 2 ) | p = 0.9 | |||
<25 (n = 151) | 74.0% | 14.0% | 12.0% | |
25-29.99 (n = 152) | 74.3% | 15.8% | 9.9% | |
≥30 (n = 88) | 69.0% | 19.0% | 12.1% | |
Area of residence | p = 0.07 | |||
Semiurban (n = 193) | 70.5% | 14.5% | 15.0% | |
Urban (n = 155) | 76.8% | 14.8% | 8.4% | |
Rural (n = 43) | 88.4% | 7.0% | 4.7% |