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. 2019 Jan 7;9:782. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00782

Table 2.

Prevalence of suboptimal vitamin D status.

Population Vitamin D insufficiency
[25(OH)D < 30 ng/mL]
95% CI Vitamin D deficiency
[25(OH)D < 20 ng/mL]
95% CI Vitamin D deficiency
[25(OH)D < 15 ng/mL]
95% CI
Overall 1,535/1,684 (91.2%) (89.7, 92.5) 1,033/1,684 (61.3%) (59.0, 63.7) 630 (37.4%) (35.1, 39.8)
FRACTURE RISK BY OSTA
Low (>-1) 706/759 (93.0%) (91.0, 94.7) 479/759 (63.1%) (59.6, 66.6) 302/759 (39.8%) (36.3, 43.4)
Medium (−1 to −4) 586/649 (90.3%) (87.8, 92.5) 391/649 (60.2%) (56.4, 64.0) 233/649 (35.9%) (32.2, 39.7)
High (< -4) 243/276 (88.0%) (83.6, 91.6) 163/276 (59.1%) (53.0, 64.9) 95/276 (34.4%) (28.8, 40.4)
FEMORAL NECK BMD
Normal 447/474 (94.3%) (91.8, 96.2) 298/474 (62.9%) (58.3, 67.2) 190/474 (40.1%) (35.6, 44.7)
Osteopenia 805/889 (90.6%) (88.4, 92.4) 544/889 (61.2%) (57.9, 64.4) 324/889 (36.4%) (33.3, 39.7)
Osteoporosis 232/263 (88.2%) (83.7, 91.8) 150/263 (57.0%) (50.8, 63.1) 90/263 (34.2%) (28.5, 40.3)

Data are presented as n/N (%).

CI, Confidence interval.

Excluded 4 subjects with missing samples and include 4 subjects with serum 25(OH)D levels below LOQ (< 3 ng/mL).