Table 3 Vitamin D status and clothing, sunlight exposure and calcium levels
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* | |
Wearing clothes which restrict exposure to sunlight | p = 0.032 | |||
Yes | 77.2% | 14.6% | 8.3% | |
No | 71.3% | 11.5% | 17.2% | |
Sunlight exposure | p = 0.570 | |||
<8 points | 82.4% | 11.8% | 5.9% | |
8-11 points | 78.2% | 10.9% | 10.9% | |
≥12 points | 71.8% | 15.9% | 12.3% | |
Daily calcium intake | p = 0.880 | |||
500 mg/day | 76.0% | 14.7% | 9.3% | |
<500 mg/day | 74.8% | 13.9% | 11.3% |