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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Neurol. 2010 Jul;67(7):808–811. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.120

TABLE 3.

Relative risks (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for Parkinson’s disease cases by baseline serum 25(OH)D.

Serum 25(OH)D
1st quartile 2nd quartile 3rd quartile 4th quartile p for trend
Number of Parkinson’s disease cases 17 15 10 8
Sex– and age–adjusted model 1.00 0.73 (0.36–1.46) 0.47 (0.21–1.03) 0.35 (0.15–0.81) 0.006
Multivariate model A 1.00 0.72 (0.36–1.46) 0.48 (0.22–1.08) 0.33 (0.14–0.80) 0.006
Multivariate model B 1.00 0.72 (0.36–1.45) 0.48 (0.21–1.07) 0.33 (0.14–0.78) 0.005

Model A further included marital status (married, others), education (basic, intermediate or high), alcohol consumption (0, <5, ≥5 g/day), leisure-time physical activity (no or light, heavy), smoking status (none, current), body mass index, and month of blood drawn.

Model B further included hypertension and serum cholesterol.

Quartiles for men 8–28, 29–41, 42–56, 57–159 nmol/l; for women 7–25, 26–36, 37–49, 50–151 nmol