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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Spinal Cord. 2012 Jun 19;50(11):812–816. doi: 10.1038/sc.2012.67

Table 3.

Odds ratios of characteristics associated vitamin D deficiency (n=62)

Characteristic OR 95% CI p value
Winter months (November – April) 7.38 2.30 – 23.65 0.001*
Female 0.460 0.11 – 1.91 0.285
Age 0.932 0.88 – 0.98 0.010*
Time post injury 0.962 0.91 – 1.02 0.170
Motor complete injury 0.679 0.23 – 2.01 0.484
Paraplegic 4.22 1.31 – 13.65 0.016*
Not on a vitamin D supplement 7.41 1.39 – 39.53 0.019*
Not on a calcium supplement 7.19 1.94 – 26.68 0.003*
Not on a multivitamin 0.982 0.35 – 2.77 0.973
Not on bisphosphonate therapy 3.85 1.30 – 11.34 0.015*
Current smoker 2.68 0.87 – 8.25 0.086
*

Significant (p<0.05)