Table 3.
Partial correlations between serum 25(OH)D levels and different variables adjusted by age
| Variable | Females (n = 65) |
Males (n = 33) |
Total (n = 98) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spearman's rho | p value | Spearman's rho | p value | Spearman's rho | p value | |
| BMI | −0.12 | 0.32 | 0.04 | 0.81 | −0.08 | 0.45 |
| Percent body fat | −0.21 | 0.09 | −0.17 | 0.35 | −0.24 | 0.02 |
| WHR | −0.10 | 0.45 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.90 |
| Total vitamin D intake | 0.35 | 0.047 | 0.07 | 0.70 | 0.22 | 0.03 |
| Sun exposure index | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.98 | 0.16 | 0.10 |
| Sun exposure + vitamin D intake index | 0.31 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.30 | 0.32 | <0.01 |