Table 2.
Independent demographic, socioeconomic, and behavioral correlates of vitamin D deficiency in adults’ participants to the ORISCAV-LUX study, as identified by multivariate logistic regression (n = 1277 subjects).
| Vitamin D Deficiency * | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Fully adjusted OR † | 95%CI | p-value | |
| Sex | Men v. women | 1.29 | 0.9–1.8 | 0.13 |
| Age, years | 0.99 | 0.98–1.007 | 0.36 | |
| HDL level | Low level v. high level | 1.24 | 0.83–1.84 | 0.29 |
| Obesity status | 0.16 | |||
| Underweight v. normal weight | 1.43 | 0.45–4.54 | ||
| Overweight v. normal weight | 0.82 | 0.52–1.29 | ||
| Obesity v. normal weight | 1.32 | 0.76–2.27 | ||
| Abdominal obesity | Abdominally obese v. no-abdominally obese | 1.28 | 0.81–2.03 | 0.28 |
| Smoking status | Smokers v. non-smokers | 1.80 | 1.26–2.57 | 0.0012 |
| Health perception | Fair/poor v. excellent/good health | 1.37 | 0.99–1.89 | 0.060 |
* Defined as a 25(HD) D level of less than 25 nmol/L. † OR adjusted for other demographic, socio-economic, dietary and lifestyle factors.