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Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2011 Jul 23;159(6):945–950. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.06.001

Table III.

Associations between BMIz and other covariates on 25(OH)D in urban schoolchildren

	Unadjusted		Adjusted
Variables	β	SE	β	SE
Intercept	-	-	3.155	0.16^**
BMIz	−0.012	0.02	−0.013	0.02
Age (year)	−0.036	0.01^¶	−0.027	0.02^‡
Male	0.083	0.04^§	0.085	0.04^§
Ethnicity
White	0.210^*	0.04^**	^†	-
Black	−0.110^*	0.08	−0.240	0.08^¶
Hispanic/Latino	−0.099^*	0.04^§	−0.186	0.05^**
Asian	−0.047^*	0.07	−0.177	0.08^§
Multiracial/other	−0.133^*	0.05^§	−0.217	0.06^**
Eligible for free/reduced-cost school lunch	−0.121	0.04^¶	0.005	0.05
Entered puberty	−0.079	0.04^‡	0.013	0.05

Outcome: natural log of 25(OH)D level. Unadjusted: simple linear regression with each variable as the only predictor. Adjusted: multiple linear regression that includes all of the predictors.

Compared with all other races.

^†

Referent.

^‡

P <.10.

^§

P <.05.

^¶

P <.01.

^**

P <.001.