Table 2.
Associations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D with answers from a sun behaviour questionnaire.
| Question number | Question content | Answer scores | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 1 | Personal sun relationship | 28 ± 6 | 31 ± 15 | 37 ± 19 | 38 ± 23 | 0.06 |
| n = 8 | n = 60 | n = 34 | n = 9 | |||
| 2 | Skin reaction to sun | 28 ± 12 | 33 ± 16 | 35 ± 16 | 33 ± 20 | 0.25 |
| n = 17 | n = 25 | n = 49 | n = 20 | |||
| 3 | Scalp hair as a child | 33 ± 15 | 34 ± 17 | 0.79 | ||
| n = 42 | n = 69 | |||||
| 4a | Memory of sunburns | 33 ± 17 | 34 ± 16 | 34 ± 18 | 0.68 | |
| n = 51 | n = 39 | n = 21 | ||||
| 4b | Ever sunburns | 18 ± 8 | 34 ± 17 | 0.07 | ||
| n = 4 | n = 107 | |||||
| 5a | Beach or open-air pools | 31 ± 14 | 37 ± 19 | 0.05 | ||
| n = 63 | n = 48 | |||||
| 5b | Sunbathing at home | 31 ± 14 | 38 ± 21 | 0.04 | ||
| n = 73 | n = 38 | |||||
| 5c | Gardening | 35 ± 17 | 32 ± 16 | 0.37 | ||
| n = 68 | n = 43 | |||||
| 5d | Water sports or shipping | 34 ± 17 | 31 ± 13 | 0.55 | ||
| n = 99 | n = 12 | |||||
| 5e | Other outdoor sports | 30 ± 15 | 40 ± 18 | 0.003 | ||
| n = 74 | n = 37 | |||||
| 5f | Outdoor work | 32 ± 16 | 36 ± 18 | 0.29 | ||
| n = 85 | n = 26 | |||||
| 5g | Holidays in sunny countries | 29 ± 15 | 30 ± 16 | 34 ± 16 | 36 ± 17 | 0.07 |
| n = 13 | n = 23 | n = 21 | n = 54 | |||
| 5h | Solarium | 33 ± 17 | 34 ± 16 | 0.92 | ||
| n = 92 | n = 19 | n = 0 | ||||
| 5i | Light or UV therapy | 33 ± 16 | 35 ± 24 | 0.87 | ||
| n = 106 | n = 5 | |||||
25-hydroxyvitamin D data are shown in ng/mL as means ± standard deviation.
P values are derived from either Student's t-test or from analysis of variance (ANOVA) with P for trend.