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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Diabetes. 2015 Nov 26;17(8):584–591. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12340

Table 2.

Comparing Vitamin D Levels between PDC Sample and US General Populationa

PDC NHANES
N Mean (99%C.I.) %Deficiency
(99%C.I.)b
%Insufficiency
(99%C.I.)c
N Mean (99%C.I.) %Deficiency
(99%C.I.)b
%Insufficiency
(99%C.I.)c
All 541d 24.8 (23.7, 25.9) 36 (31, 42) 34 (28, 39) 2496e 24.0 (21.9, 26.1) 36 (26, 45) 41 (35, 47)
White 147 31.3 (29.0, 33.6) 14 (6, 21) 33 (23, 43) 683 27.6 (25.7, 29.4) 18 (13, 24) 48 (42, 55)
Hispanic 253 23.4 (22.1, 24.7) 38 (30, 45) 39 (31, 47) 880 20.0 (18.2, 21.9) 56 (43, 69) 37 (27, 46)
Black 103 19.3 (17.1, 21.5) 65 (53, 77) 21 (11, 32) 813 14.5 (12.3, 16.6) 83 (74, 92) 15 (8, 23)
a

-Estimated from NHANES 2005–2006 survey results

b

-Deficiency defined as 25OHD level < 21 ng/mL

c

-Insufficiency defined as 25OHD 21–29 ng/mL

d

-Includes 32 subjects with other race/ethnicity and 6 subjects with missing race/ethnicity.

e

-Includes 120 subjects with other race/ethnicity.