Table 2.
Comparison Between Normal and Vitamin D–Deficient Participants
| Vitamin D Deficienta (n = 31) |
Normal Vitamin Db (n = 29) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P Value |
| 25-hydroxyvitamin D (ng/ml) | 15.57 (3.2) | 28.01 (5.8) | <.0001 |
| Age, y | 72.66 (8.7) | 77.49 (6.9) | .021 |
| Education, y | 14.29 (2.7) | 15.76 (3.0) | .053 |
| Weight, kg | 77.8 (13.3)kg | 74.2 (17.9) | .392 |
| Short Blessed Test | 10.87 (7.5) | 6.31 (6.7) | .016 |
| Mini-Mental State Exam | 25.39 (3.9) | 25.07 (4.9) | .783 |
| Physical performance test | 27.00 (3.8) | 28.96 (2.9) | .039 |
| Bone mineral density, hip | 0.823 (0.10) | 0.914 (0.14) | .005 |
| Bone mineral density, spine | 0.980 (0.22) | 1.058 (0.21) | .169 |
| t score hip | -1.294 (0.67) | -0.724 (0.92) | .008 |
| t score spine | -0.818 (1.70) | -0.191 (1.71) | .160 |
| Active mood disorder | 8 (26%) | 7 (24%) | .618 |
| Depression features score | 0.68 (1.09) | 0.97 (1.49) | .399 |
a
Eight Caucasians, 23 African Americans
b
Twenty-two Caucasians, 7 African Americans.