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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Nutr. 2016 Jun 17;35(7):614–620. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2015.1118651

Table 2.

Characteristics between vitamin D deficiency and sufficient groups (n=195)

Vitamin D Deficiency

<20 ng/mL
n=20
≥20 ng/mL
n=175
P-value
Age (year) 47.10±2.59 45.85±2.73 0.0516

BMI (kg/m2) 27.68±4.63 27.89±4.32 0.8410

Systolic BP (mmHg) 130.33±12.86 125.59±12.84 0.1196

Diastolic BP (mmHg) 77.58±7.83 75.95±9.86 0.4768

Hypertension (%) 35.00 26.86 0.4407

LDL-C (mg/dL) 123.19±29.64 125.47±32.73 0.7656

Teiglycerides (mg/dL)* 124.00
(91.00, 210.50)
131.00
(95.00, 214.00)
0.8591

HDL-C (mg/dL) 50.09±14.29 49.28±13.53 0.8003

Total-C (mg/dL) 206.25±25.04 207.37±35.41 0.8907

C-Reactive Protein (mg/L)* 0.69 (0.38, 1.81) 0.85 (0.40, 1.37) 0.4830

Diabetes (%) 10.00 10.29 0.9682

Current smoker (%) 10.00 10.29 0.9682

Pack-years* 0 (0, 0) 0 (0, 7.50) 0.3915

Alcohol drinker (%) 50.00 38.29 0.3100

Ethanol intake (g/day)* 10.29 (0, 34.97) 3.09 (0, 16.46) 0.5100

Marine n-3 fatty acids 4.21±2.42 4.28±1.73 0.8890

CAC ≥ 10 (%) 45.00 25.14 0.0586

Mean ± SD; BMI=body mass index; LDL-C=low density lipoprotein cholesterol; BP=blood pressure; HDL-C=high density lipoprotein cholesterol; Marine n-3 fatty acids include eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5n-3), docosapentaenoic acid (DPA, 22:5n-3), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n-3)