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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoporos Int. 2008 Jun 12;20(2):245–255. doi: 10.1007/s00198-008-0652-9

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Density estimates of (A) serum 25(OH)D and (B) femoral neck BMD by Hispanic ethnic origin, with reference lines at 20 ng/mL for 25(OH)D and T-score of −1 (0.797 g/cm2) for BMD. Despite similar mean levels of 25(OH)D across ethnic groups, the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency [25(OH)D < 20 ng/mL] exhibited considerable variation by ethnic group. Notably, a tighter 25(OH)D distribution among South American men, combined with the location of the cutpoint for 25(OH)D, results in a lower prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in spite of means similar to those observed in other Hispanic ethnic groups.