Table 4.

VDD ^@ as a risk factor for higher 10 year CHD ^** risk score (n = 364)

			FRS $>15 (%)	UPR #(95% C.I.)	P value
Migrants
Zone 1 (n = 119)	VDD	No	7 (26.9)	1.00*
		Yes	22 (23.7)	0.92 (0.44- 1.92)	0.83
Zone 2 (n = 112)	VDD	No	11 (40.7)	1.00*
		Yes	48 (56.5)	1.32 (0.81- 2.14)	0.26
Non- migrants (n = 133)
	VDD	No	25 (59.5)	1.00*
		Yes	49 (53.8)	0.91 (0.66-1.24)	0.53

**Coronary heart disease.

*Reference level.

^$Framingham Risk Score - No adjustments were made as FRS is a composite index and the cut off level was arbitrarily set as 15 (mean – 16.3 and median – 12.7).

^#UPR – Unadjusted Prevalence Ratio.

^@VDD – Vitamin D Deficiency.