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Serum 25‐hydroxyvitamin D concentrations used to categorize vitamin D status by WHO region
| Units | 25‐hydroxyvitamin D concentration in nmol L−1 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nmol L−1 | <12.5 | <20 | <25 | <27.5 | <28 | <30 | <31.2 | <35 | <37.5 | <50 | <75 | <80 |
| WHO region | ||||||||||||
| Americas | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| European | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| EM | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| SE Asian | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| WP | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| African | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
EM, Eastern Mediterranean; SE, South‐East; WHO, World Health Organization; WP, Western Pacific.
