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Table 4 Means and prevalence of 25(OH)D categories based on original and standardized 25(OH)D levels of DEGS1a

From: Implications of standardization of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D data for the evaluation of vitamin D status in Germany, including a temporal analysis

 

Mean serum 25(OH)D levels

Serum 25(OH)D levels by thresholds of the IOM 2011 in %

< 30 nmol/l

30- < 50 nmol/l

> = 50 nmol/l

Original

Standardized

Original

Standardized

Original

Standardized

Original

Standardized

nmol/l (95% CI)

nmol/l (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Women

45.9 (43.8–47.9)

49.7 (48.2–51.3)

29.7 (26.5–33.1)

14.7 (12.5–17.2)

31.8 (29.7–33.9)

41.0 (38.5–43.6)

38.6 (35.0–42.3)

44.3 (40.6–48.1)

 18–29 years

52.4 (49.2–55.7)

54.2 (51.9–56.5)

25.1 (20.7–30.0)

14.4 (10.7–19.1)

28.4 (24.0–33.3)

34.6 (29.7–39.8)

46.5 (40.8–52.2)

51.0 (45.3–56.7)

 30–39 years

48.2 (43.9–52.4)

51.5 (48.3–54.7)

32.2 (26.1–39.0)

18.7 (14.1–24.4)

24.4 (20.1–29.2)

33.0 (28.1–38.3)

43.4 (36.7–50.4)

48.3 (41.3–55.3)

 40–49 years

46.1 (43.0–49.2)

50.0 (47.6–52.3)

29.5 (24.4–35.2)

14.8 (11.2–19.2)

30.7 (26.6–35.3)

39.3 (34.7–44.1)

39.8 (34.4–45.4)

45.9 (40.2–51.7)

 50–59 years

43.5 (41.2–45.7)

48.1 (46.3–49.8)

30.3 (25.8–35.1)

14.9 (11.6–18.8)

32.5 (28.4–36.9)

42.2 (37.9–46.7)

37.2 (32.1–42.6)

42.9 (37.7–48.3)

 60–69 years

43.9 (41.5–46.4)

48.4 (46.5–50.3)

27.2 (22.9–31.9)

9.8 (7.4–12.9)

36.9 (32.2–41.7)

48.5 (43.3–53.7)

36.0 (30.4–41.9)

41.7 (36.2–47.6)

 70–79 years

39.8 (37.3–42.2)

45.2 (43.3–47.1)

35.4 (29.4–41.8)

15.9 (12.0–20.7)

39.2 (33.9–44.8)

51.1 (45.2–57.0)

25.5 (20.5–31.2)

33.0 (27.5–39.0)

Men

45.3 (42.8–47.8)

49.3 (47.4–51.2)

30.8 (26.8–35.2)

15.7 (12.9–19.0)

30.9 (28.4–33.6)

40.5 (37.3–43.8)

38.3 (33.8–42.9)

43.7 (39.2–48.4)

 18–29 years

46.7 (42.7–50.8)

50.5 (47.4–53.5)

31.6 (26.1–37.6)

16.2 (12.2–21.1)

29.1 (24.6–34.1)

39.7 (34.3–45.4)

39.3 (33.3–45.7)

44.1 (37.9–50.4)

 30–39 years

43.4 (39.3–47.5)

48.0 (44.8–51.2)

36.4 (29.5–43.9)

19.0 (14.0–25.2)

28.9 (23.6–35.0)

42.7 (35.4–50.2)

34.7 (27.6–42.4)

38.4 (31.0–46.3)

 40–49 years

45.2 (41.7–48.8)

49.0 (46.5–51.6)

33.6 (27.4–40.3)

19.4 (14.4–25.5)

26.6 (21.9–32.0)

36.0 (30.5–41.9)

39.8 (33.6–46.4)

44.6 (38.1–51.4)

 50–59 years

44.2 (41.7–46.7)

48.6 (46.7–50.5)

29.5 (24.3–35.2)

13.3 (9.6–18.1)

34.4 (30.0–39.2)

44.9 (40.0–49.9)

36.1 (30.8–41.7)

41.8 (36.5–47.3)

 60–69 years

48.0 (45.0–50.9)

51.3 (49.1–53.6)

22.1 (17.2–27.9)

9.9 (7.0–13.8)

33.3 (28.1–38.9)

38.1 (32.8–43.6)

44.6 (38.3–51.2)

52.1 (45.7–58.4)

 70–79 years

43.9 (40.9–46.9)

48.3 (46.1–50.6)

29.7 (23.7–36.5)

14.9 (10.5–20.8)

36.3 (30.7–42.3)

43.6 (37.7–49.7)

34.0 (28.1–40.5)

41.5 (34.9–48.4)

Total

45.6 (43.5–47.7)

49.5 (47.9–51.1)

30.2 (26.9–33.8)

15.2 (13.0–17.8)

31.3 (29.4–33.3)

40.8 (38.3–43.3)

38.4 (34.7–42.3)

44.0 (40.2–47.9)

  1. 25(OH)D Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, DEGS1 German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults, IOM Institute of Medicine, USA, CI confidence interval
  2. a Results are weighted population estimates