Table 1 Vitamin D status in relation to social and economic categories
From: Vitamin D status in Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
Variables | Groups | n | Plasma 25OH vitamin D status | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deficient (< 12 ng/mL) | Insufficient (12–20 ng/mL) | Sufficient (> 20 ng/mL) | ||||
Gender | Male | 179 | 21 (11.7) | 67 (37.4) | 91 (50.8) | 0.0963 |
Female | 245 | 38 (15.5) | 108 (44.1) | 99 (40.4) | ||
Marital status | Unmarried | 82 | 16 (19.5) | 32 (39) | 34 (41.5) | 0.2635 |
Married / Widow | 342 | 4312.6) | 143 (41.8) | 156 (45.6) | ||
SES Category | Upper + Upper Middle | 76 | 12 (15.8) | 38 (50) | 26 (34.2) | 0.0066 |
Lower Middle | 234 | 41 (17.5) | 90 (38.5) | 103 (44) | ||
Upper Lower + Lower | 114 | 6 (5.3) | 47 (41.2) | 61 (53.5) | ||
Age group (Years) | 18–30 | 135 | 26 (19.3) | 61 (45.2) | 48 (35.6) | 0.0942 |
31–45 | 140 | 20 (14.3) | 55 (39.3) | 65 (46.4) | ||
46–60 | 101 | 9 (8.9) | 41 (40.6) | 51 (50.5) | ||
Above 60 | 48 | 4 (8.3) | 18 (37.5) | 26 (54.2) | ||
Education | Up to primary school | 260 | 30 (11.5) | 87 (33.5) | 143 (55.0) | < 0.0001 |
High school and above | 164 | 29 (17.7) | 88 (53.7) | 47 (28.6) | ||
Occupation | Non-professional | 411 | 53 (12.9) | 172 (41.8) | 186 (45.3) | 0.0029 |
Professional | 13 | 6 (46.2) | 3 (23.1) | 4 (30.8) | ||
Birth Place | Rural | 393 | 49 (12.5) | 164 (41.7) | 180 (45.8) | 0.0085 |
Urban | 31 | 10 (32.3) | 11 (35.5) | 10 (32.3) | ||
Religion | Hindu | 353 | 46 (13) | 143 (40.5) | 164 (46.5) | |
Christian | 62 | 11 (17.7) | 28 (45.2) | 23 (37.1) | 0.5751 | |
Muslim | 9 | 2 (22.2) | 4 (44.4) | 3 (33.3) | ||