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Published in final edited form as: Endocr Pract. 2012 Nov-Dec;18(6):914–923. doi: 10.4158/EP12072.OR

Table 4.

Logistic Regression Models for the Probability of Vitamin D Deficiency

25-Hydroxyvitamin D

≤20 ng/mL ≤30 ng/mL


Coefficient Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) Coefficient Odds ratio (95%confidence interval)
Multivitamin use
 User −1.63a 0.20 (0.09–0.42)a −0.78b 0.46 (0.26–0.80)b
 Nonuser Referent Referent Referent Referent
Race
 Black 1.86a 6.41 (3.16–13.01)a 1.74a 5.68 (2.49–12.97)a
 Asian 1.92a 6.83 (2.94–15.85)a 1.19b 3.30 (1.37–7.92)b
 White Referent Referent Referent Referent
Sex
 Female −0.57d 0.57 (0.31–1.05)d −0.64c 0.53 (0.30–0.94)c
 Male Referent Referent Referent Referent
Age (y) 0.01 1.01 (0.97–1.04) 0.03c 1.03 (1.00–1.06)d
Season
 Fall −0.02 0.98 (0.47–2.04) 0.59d 1.80 (0.93–3.45)d
 Winter 0.25 1.29 (0.58–2.87) 0.56d 1.76 (0.88–3.52)d
 Spring 0.82d 2.28 (0.96–5.38)d 1.09b 2.97 (1.31–6.72)b
 Summer Referent Referent Referent Referent
Constant −0.96c NA −0.66 NA

Abbreviation: NA = not available.

a

P<0.001.

b

P<0.01.

c

P<0.05.

d

P<0.1.

To convert 25-hydroxyvitamin D to nmol/L, multiply ng/mL by 2.496.