Table 3.
Independent demographic, socioeconomic, and behavioral correlates of vitamin D insufficiency in adults’ participants to the ORISCAV-LUX study, as identified by multivariate logistic regression (n = 1277 subjects).
| Vitamin D Insufficiency * | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Fully adjusted OR † | 95% CI | p-value | |
| Sex | Men v. women | 1.25 | 0.97–1.60 | 0.081 |
| Age, years | 0.99 | 0.98–0.99 | 0.023 | |
| HDL level | Low level v. high level | 0.083 | ||
| Country of birth | Other European country v. Luxembourg | 0.87 | 0.66–1.16 | 0.07 |
| Non–European country v. Luxembourg | 1.70 | 1.009–2.87 | ||
| Portugal v. Luxembourg | 1.26 | 0.87–1.84 | ||
| Obesity status | 0.0046 | |||
| Underweight v. normal weight | 1.43 | 0.56–3.63 | ||
| Obesity v. normal weight | 1.94 | 1.29–2.93 | ||
| Overweight v. normal weight | 1.11 | 0.81–1.53 | ||
| Alcohol consumption | Drinker v. non-drinker | 0.79 | 0.58–1.09 | 0.16 |
| Abdominal obesity | Abdominally obese v. no-abdominally obese | 1.11 | 0.81–1.52 | 0.53 |
| Smoking status | Smokers v. non-smokers | 1.28 | 0.96–1.71 | 0.093 |
| Health perception | Fair/poor v. excellent/good health | 1.08 | 0.84–1.38 | 0.54 |
* Defined as a 25(HD) D level of less than 50 nmol/L. † OR adjusted for other demographic, socio-economic, dietary and lifestyle factors.