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Associations between BMI categories and vitamin D status
| Vitamin D status |
p value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <12 ng/mL | 12 – 20 ng/mL | >20 ng/mL | ||
| Males | ||||
| Normal weight | 2.3% | 16.3% | 81.4% | 0.008 |
| Overweight | 4.6% | 20.4% | 75.0% | |
| Obese | 3.6% | 36.4% | 60.0% | |
|
| ||||
| Females | ||||
| Normal weight | 4.9% | 34.4% | 60.7% | 0.177 |
| Overweight | 3.4% | 30.1% | 66.5% | |
| Obese | 9.1% | 33.2% | 57.7% | |
|
| ||||
| Total | ||||
| Normal weight | 4.2% | 29.7% | 66.1% | 0.020 |
| Overweight | 3.9% | 26.4% | 69.7% | |
| Obese | 6.9% | 34.5% | 58.6% | |
Chi-Square test (Linear-by-linear Association).
