Table 4.

Comparative relationships between vitamin D status, living area, and wealth grouping among children.

		Total	Vitamin D Concentration				p-Value *
			Less Than 25 nmol/L	25–49.9 nmol/L	50–74.9 nmol/L	≥75 nmol/L
Total		781	23	82	167	509	-
			2.9%	10.5%	21.4%	65.2%
Living Area	Urban	164	6	19	43	96	0.234
			3.7%	11.6%	26.2%	58.5%
	Rural	617	17	63	124	413
			2.8%	10.2%	20.1%	66.9%
Wealth Group	Poorest	188	4	16	46	122	0.332
			2.1%	8.5%	24.5%	64.9%
	Poorer	171	4	17	31	119
			2.3%	9.9%	18.1%	69.6%
	Middle	139	2	14	29	94
			1.4%	10.1%	20.9%	67.6%
	Richer	150	6	21	38	85
			4.0%	14.0%	25.3%	56.7%
	Richest	133	7	14	23	89
			5.3%	10.5%	17.3%	66.9%
Region	North East	109	2	17	28	62	0.001
			1.8%	15.6%	25.7%	56.9%
	South West	142	1	11	25	105
			.7%	7.7%	17.6%	73.9%
	South East	269	9	36	57	167
			3.3%	13.4%	21.2%	62.1%
	North	109	8	14	24	63
			7.3%	12.8%	22.0%	57.8%
	West	152	3	4	33	112
			2.0%	2.6%	21.7%	73.7%
Age group **	6–11 months	41	0	3	1	37	0.002
			0.0%	7.3%	2.4%	90.2%
	12–23 months	115	3	10	16	86
			2.6%	8.7%	13.9%	74.8%
	24–59 months	495	13	51	121	310
			2.6%	10.3%	24.4%	62.6%
	60+ months	128	7	18	29	74
			5.5%	14.1%	22.7%	57.8%

(*) The Chi-Square test was used. (**) Only 779 had age category data.