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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Perinatol. 2014 Oct 30;35(4):241–245. doi: 10.1038/jp.2014.198

Table 3.

Odds of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels <50 nmol/L among Women Reporting No (vs. any) Prenatal Vitamin Use

Time 1 (Median 9.6 weeks’ gestation) Time 2 (Median 26.0 weeks’ gestation)
All Participants: (n=1017, 75% PNV use) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
 Model 1: Seasonally-adjusted 3.9 (2.9, 5.2) 2.1 (1.6, 2.9)
 Model 2: Model 1 + maternal age, education and smoking 2.8 (2.0, 3.8) 1.5 (1.1, 2.1)
 Model 3: Model 2+ BMI 2.5 (1.8, 3.5) 1.3 (0.9, 1.9)
 Model 4: Model 3 + maternal race/ethnicity 2.1 (1.5, 3.0) 1.1 (0.7, 0.9)
Overweight/Obese Participants (BMI >= 25kg/m2)(n=461, 67% PNV use)
 Model 1: Seasonally-adjusted 4.1 (2.7, 6.3) 2.5 (1.6, 3.7)
 Model 2: Model 1 + Race 2.8 (1.7, 4.4) 1.6 (0.99, 2.6)
Lean (BMI <25 kg/m2)(n=561, 80% PNV use)
 Model 1: Seasonally-adjusted 3.0 (1.9, 4.8) 1.4 (0.9, 2.3)
 Model 2: Model 1 + Race 1.8 (1.0, 3.0 0.8 (0.5, 1.4)
Black Participants (n=137, 56 % PNV use)
 Model 1: Seasonally-adjusted 1.0 (0.4, 2.4) 1.0 (0.5, 2.1)
 Model 2: Model 1 + BMI 1.0 (0.4, 2.3) 1.0 (0.5, 2.2)
White Participants (n= 630, 86% PNV use)
 Model 1: Seasonally-adjusted 3.5 (2.1, 5.8) 1.4 (0.8, 2.5)
 Model 2: Model 1 + BMI 3.3 (2.0, 5.5) 1.3 (0.7, 2.4)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; PNV, prenatal vitamins.