Table 2. Age and sex specific prevalence of plasma vitamin C deficiency (<11 µmol/L) in people aged 60 years and over by location in India.
North India | South India | |||
N | Prevalence | N | Prevalence | |
95% CI | 95% CI | |||
Men | 1283 | 77.7 | 1407 | 51.4 |
70.9, 84.5 | 47.4, 55.4 | |||
Women | 1385 | 70.9 | 1563 | 39.7 |
61.9, 79.8 | 33.9, 45.4 | |||
Age group | ||||
60–64 | 985 | 68.7 | 1080 | 36.6 |
60.1, 77.4 | 29.5, 43.7 | |||
65–69 | 658 | 72.2 | 864 | 39.3 |
62.9, 81.6 | 32.2, 6.3 | |||
70–74 | 552 | 80.8 | 575 | 42.1 |
73.7, 88.0 | 33.3, 50.9 | |||
75–79 | 287 | 79.0 | 275 | 44.6 |
70.8, 87.2 | 34.2, 55.0 | |||
80+ | 186 | 85.0 | 176 | 50.7 |
78.3, 91.7 | 38.2, 63.2 |