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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2017 Mar 18;99:326–331. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.03.007

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



% (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)
a

Models also included gender, age, race/ethnicity skin sensitivity to the sun, annual household income, education, marital status, and region.

b

Experienced sunburn in the past 12 months.

c

n = sample size.

d

Agreed with the statement, “I try to protect my skin from the sun when spending time outdoors.”

e

Reported trying to “get some sun for the purpose of developing a tan.”

f

CI = confidence interval; percentages and 95% CIs are weighted to the study population.

g

P value was calculated with the Wald F statistic. Boldface indicates statistical significance (P < 0.05).