Table II.
Number (%) of patients with and without hypovitaminosis D according to region of origin and gender.
| Norway (n = 249) |
Europe, America, Southeast Asia (n = 83) |
Middle East, Africa and South Asia (n = 240) |
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| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Adeqate vitamin D | ||||||
| 25(OH)D ≥ 50 nmol/L | 35 (57) | 128 (68) | 13 (48) | 22 (39) | 13 (17) | 27 (17) |
| Hypovitaminosis D | ||||||
| 25(OH)D < 50nmol/L | 26 (43) | 60 (32) | 14 (52) | 34 (61) | 65 (83) | 135 (83) |
| < 30nmol/L | 7 (12) | 13 (7) | 6 (22) | 11 (20) | 35 (45) | 105 (65) |
| < 25nmol/L | 3 (5) | 11 (6) | 5 (19) | 5 (9) | 25 (32) | 79 (49) |