Table 2. Percentages of participants of South Asian and European ancestry with 25OHD values falling below IOM cut points and below 50 nmol/L by sex and season¹.

		South Asian ancestry			European ancestry
Gender	Season	<30 nmol/L	<40 nmol/L	<50 nmol/L	<30 nmol/L	<40 nmol/L	<50 nmol/L
Female	Spring	7.1	29.1*	51.1*	3.5	9.1	19.8
Male	Spring	20.6*‡	44.2*‡	67.3*‡	2.8	10.4	18.9
Female	Fall	12.1*	27.3*	51.5*	0.0†	1.4†	8.1†
Male	Fall	14.9*†	36.5†‡	68.9‡	1.0	3.9†	13.6‡

¹Values represent the percentage of participants with 25OHD concentrations falling below indicated cut points.

Significantly different from the corresponding value for

*participants of European ancestry

†spring; and

‡females as determined by Fisher’s exact test.