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. 2018 Aug 21;13(8):e0201840. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201840

Table 7. Multinomial logistic regressions of association between vitamin D status and quartiles of gait speed and of hand grip strength, in women.

Gait speed
1st quartile
< 0.60 m/s
2nd quartile
[0.60–0.81 [m/s
3rd quartile
[0.81–1.04 [m/s
Crude OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted 1 OR
(95% CI)
Crude OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted 1 OR
(95% CI)
Crude OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted 1 OR
(95% CI)
Vitamin D status
Adequacy
≥50.0 nmol/L 25(OH)D
1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
At risk of inadequacy
30.0–49.9 nmol/L 25(OH)D
1.56
(0.88–2.76)
1.03
(0.49–2.14)
1.21
(0.74–1.99)
1.09
(0.52–1.73)
1.23
(0.77–1.97)
1.03
(0.61–1.76)
At risk of deficiency
<30.0 nmol/L 25(OH)D
5.55**
(3.34–9.24)
2.72*
(1.37–5.41)
2.39**
(1.50–3.81)
1.52
(0.84–2.77)
1.50
(0.94–2.40)
1.14
(0.65–2.01)
Hand grip strength
1st quartile
< 14.6 Kgf
2nd quartile
[14.6–17.7 [Kgf
3rd quartile
[17.7–21.8 [kgf
Crude OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted 1 OR
(95% CI)
Crude OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted 1 OR
(95% CI)
Crude OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted 1 OR
(95% CI)
Vitamin D status
Adequacy
≥50.0 nmol/L 25(OH)D
1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
At risk of inadequacy
30.0–49.9 nmol/L 25(OH)D
1.02
(0.58–1.78)
1.04
(0.24–1.09)
1.44
(0.88–2.34)
1.07
(0.41–1.33)
1.04
(0.64–1.69)
1.05
(0.31–1.07)
At risk of deficiency
<30.0 nmol/L 25(OH)D
4.17**
(2.56–6.79)
1.56
(0.81–3.00)
2.12**
(1.31–3.41)
1.09
(0.52–1.84)
1.81*
(1.14–2.88)
1.11
(0.62–1.99)

Reference categories: the 4th quartile of gait speed (≥ 1.04 m/s) and the 4th quartile of hand grip strength (≥ 21.8 Kgf) are the reference categories and therefore they are not presented in the table.

* p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.001: p values for multinomial logistic regression analyses.

1 Adjusted for age (continuous), education (categorical), body mass index (categorical), alcoholic beverages consumption (dichotomous), physical activity (continuous), cognitive performance (dichotomous), number of chronic diseases (continuous), skin phenotype (categorical), season of blood sample collection (dichotomous) and use of vitamin D supplements (categorical). Abbreviations: 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D; CI, confidence intervals; OR, odds ratio.