Table 3.
Adjusted percentagesa of adults who experienced sunburn in the past 12 months, try to protect their skin from the sun, and engage in outdoor tanning, by beliefs about vitamin D, SummerStyles 2015 online survey data.
| Sunburn (n = 4042)b,c | Sun protection (n = 4065)c,d | Outdoor tanning (n = 4066)c,e | ||||
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| % (95% CI)f | P valueg | % (95% CI)f | P valueg | % (95% CI)f | P valueg | |
| Overall | 37.0 (35.3, 38.8) | 62.8 (61.1, 64.6) | 29.3 (27.7, 31.0) | |||
| If I regularly protect my skin from the sun, I will be at risk of not getting enough vitamin D | 0.76 | 0.20 | 0.91 | |||
| Agree | 36.5 (32.7, 40.5) | 65.1 (61.1, 68.9) | 29.5 (26.0, 33.3) | |||
| Disagree or neutral | 37.1 (35.3, 39.1) | 62.3 (60.3, 64.2) | 29.3 (27.5, 31.1) | |||
| I can get enough vitamin D from the foods I eat and the vitamins I take | 0.97 | <0.001 | 0.08 | |||
| Agree | 37.0 (34.5, 39.5) | 71.3 (68.8, 73.7) | 27.7 (25.4, 30.1) | |||
| Disagree or neutral | 37.0 (34.8, 39.3) | 56.5 (54.2, 58.8) | 30.5 (28.4, 32.7) | |||
| Indoor tanning is an effective way to get vitamin D | 0.70 | 0.61 | <0.001 | |||
| Agree | 35.6 (28.6, 43.3) | 64.7 (57.2, 71.6) | 45.1 (37.2, 53.3) | |||
| Disagree or neutral | 37.1 (35.3, 38.9) | 62.7 (60.9, 64.5) | 28.5 (26.8, 30.1) | |||
Models also included gender, age, race/ethnicity skin sensitivity to the sun, annual household income, education, marital status, and region.
Experienced sunburn in the past 12 months.
n = sample size.
Agreed with the statement, “I try to protect my skin from the sun when spending time outdoors.”
Reported trying to “get some sun for the purpose of developing a tan.”
CI = confidence interval; percentages and 95% CIs are weighted to the study population.
P value was calculated with the Wald F statistic. Boldface indicates statistical significance (P < 0.05).