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Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Feb 11;129(5):1243–1251. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.01.044

Table III.

Serum vitamin D levels in asthmatics and normal controls of different age groups

Study groups	Serum vitamin D levels
Study groups	Deficient (<20 ng/ml)	Insufficient (20–30 ng/ml)	Sufficient (>30 ng/ml)
Asthma, adults (≥18yrs)	28/50 (56%)	16/50 (32%)	6/50 (12%)
Asthma, children: total group (<18yrs)	21/53 (40%)	20/53 (38%)	12/53 (22%)
6–12yrs	10/37 (27%)^*	15/37 (41%)	12/37 (32%)^**
13–17yrs	11/16 (69%)	5/16 (31%)	0/16 (0%)
Normal control, adults, (≥18yrs)	35/51 (69%)^***	12/51 (24%)	4/51 (7%)
Normal control, children: total group (<18yrs)	23/51 (45%)	20/51 (39%)	8/51 (16%)
6–12yrs	9/26 (35%)	11/26 (42%)	6/26 (23%)
13–17yrs	14/25 (56%)	9/25 (36%)	2/25 (8%)

p=0.0064 as compared to asthma, children (>12 yrs)

^**

p=0.0105 as compared to asthma, children (>12 yrs)

^***

p=0.0273 as compared to normal control, children total group (<18 yrs)