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Published in final edited form as: J Natl Med Assoc. 2009 Apr;101(4):349–354. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30883-x

Table 3.

Regression Analyses. Models Test Whether Vitamin D Status Was Associated With Short Blessed Test Score, Bone Mineral Density (Hip), and Physical Performance Test Score^a

	Short Blessed Test Score				Bone Density, Hip				Physical Performance Test Score
	Unstandardized		Standardized		Unstandardized		Standardized		Unstandardized		Standardized
	ß	SE	ß	p	ß	SE	ß	p	ß	SE	ß	p
Overall model	14.80	1.19	-	.0001	0.577	0.259	-	.030	420.12	7.72	-	.0001
Vitamin D deficient	2.51	1.17	0.171	.036	−0.103	0.033	−0.401	.003	−20.25	1.01	−0.320	.031
Age, y	0.029	0.062	0.032	.640	0.002	0.002	0.136	.336	−0.106	.067	−242	.120
African American	0.895	1.12	0.061	.429	0.254	0.265	0.152	.322	−10.087	1.103	−0.155	.329
Education	0.202	0.176	0.080	.255	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weight	-	-	-	-	0.001	0.001	0.274	.081	−0.015	.017	−0.147	.397
Gender	-	-	-	-	0.071	0.038	0.269	.065	-	-	-	-

Model adjusts for the effects of, age, race, education (Short Blessed Test), weight (bone mineral density and physical performance test) and gender (bone mineral density only).