TABLE 4.
Percentages of each vegetarian group, by ethnicity, in the sufficient, insufficient, or deficient category1
| Whites |
Blacks |
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| Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D categories | Vegetarian2 (n = 98) | Partial vegetarian3 (n = 35) | Nonvegetarian4 (n = 96) | Vegetarian2 (n = 52) | Partial vegetarian3 (n = 35) | Nonvegetarian4 (n = 96) |
| Sufficient (≥75 nmol/L) | 51.02 | 45.71 | 56.25 | 15.38 | 16.13 | 17.24 |
| Insufficient (50–74.9 nmol/L) | 36.73 | 37.14 | 26.04 | 21.15 | 22.58 | 27.59 |
| Deficient (<50 nmol/L) | 12.24 | 17.14 | 17.71 | 63.46 | 61.29 | 55.17 |
1
P = 0.4 and P = 0.9 for whites and blacks, respectively (chi-square test for independence).
2
Ate meat or fish <1 time/mo.
3
Ate meat and fish <1 time/wk, or ate meat <1 time/mo and fish ≥1 time/mo.
4
Ate meat and fish totaling ≥1 time/wk.