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. 2011 Dec 6;6(12):e28588. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028588

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