Table 6.
The influence of mother’s body mass on knowledge and supplementation of vitamin D (n = 720) (p = 0.05).
| Mother’s Body Mass (According to BMI Value) | Total | Knowledge about Functions | Knowledge about Nutrition Sources | Self-Supplementation | Child Supplementation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | No. | % | χ2 p |
No. | % | χ2 p |
No. | % | χ2 p |
No. | % | χ2 p |
|
| Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2) | 32 | 26 | 81.3% | 5.0 0.169 |
17 | 53.1% | 2.3 0.513 |
6 | 18.8% | 1.8 0.618 |
11 | 34.4% | 0.8 0.855 |
| Normal (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) | 480 | 369 | 76.9% | 246 | 51.3% | 136 | 28.3% | 192 | 40.0% | ||||
| Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2) | 165 | 122 | 73.9% | 82 | 49.7% | 45 | 27.3% | 65 | 39.4% | ||||
| Obesity (>30 kg/m2) | 43 | 27 | 62.8% | 17 | 39.5% | 10 | 23.3% | 15 | 34.9% | ||||