Table (4).
Vitamin D level in relation to average diet.
| Diet Consumption Pattern | Categories | Vitamin D Level | Total | Chi Square Value (X2) | P Value | |
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| Times of 1 cup milk intake per day | Never or rarely | 161 (85.2) | 28 (14.8) | 189 (100) | 10.67 | 0.013 |
| Once | 154 (76.2) | 48 (23.8) | 202 (100) | |||
| Twice | 44 (75.9) | 14 (24.1) | 58 (100) | |||
| More than 2 times | 9 (56.3) | 7 (43.8) | 16 (100) | |||
| Total | 368 (79.1) | 97 (20.9) | 465 (100) | |||
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| Milk type | Raw milk | 40 (83.3) | 8 (16.7) | 48 (100) | 1.898 | 0.387 |
| Commercial milk | 259 (76.4) | 80 (23.6) | 339 (100) | |||
| Both | 13 (86.7) | 2 (13.3) | 15 (100) | |||
| Total | 312 (77.6) | 90 (22.4) | 402 (100) | |||
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| Average seafood (fish, tuna, shrimp) consumption per week | Never or rarely | 217 (74.1) | 76 (25.9) | 293 (100) | 13.316 | 0.011 |
| Once | 113 (89.0) | 14 (11.0) | 127 (100) | |||
| Twice | 23 (82.1) | 5 (17.9) | 28 (100) | |||
| 3 times | 11 (91.7) | 1 (8.3) | 12 (100) | |||
| More than 3 times | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | 5 (100) | |||
| Total | 368 (79.1) | 97 (20.9) | 465 (100) | |||
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| Cod liver Oil Intake | No | 349 (80.4) | 85 (19.6) | 434 (100) | 8.518 | 0.004 |
| Yes | 14 (56.0) | 11 (44) | 25 (100) | |||
| Total | 363 (79.1) | 96 (20.9) | 459 (100) | |||
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| multivitamin Intake | No | 278 (82.7) | 58 (17.3) | 336 (100) | 7.473 | 0.006 |
| Yes | 71 (70.3) | 30 (29.7) | 101 (100) | |||
| Total | 349 (79.9) | 88 (20.1) | 437 (100) | |||