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. 2020 Feb 19;112(3):613–618. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa029

TABLE 2.

Association between preoperative vitamin D status and outcomes after hip fracture surgery1

Vitamin D concentration
<12 ng/mL 12 to <20 ng/mL 20 to <30 ng/mL ≥30 ng/mL P overall
Ability to walk
 30 d, % who walk 35 56 64 58
  Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 2.30 (1.03, 5.17) 3.24 (1.45, 7.26) 2.57 (1.04, 6.36) 0.040
  Adjusted OR (95% CI) 2.61 (1.13, 5.99) 3.48 (1.53, 7.95) 2.84 (1.12, 7.20) 0.031
 60 d, % who walk 51 67 74 73
  Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1.89 (0.86, 4.15) 2.70 (1.22, 5.95) 2.62 (1.05, 6.55) 0.079
  Adjusted OR (95% CI) 2.67 (1.14, 6.25) 3.42 (1.46, 8.00) 3.67 (1.37, 9.82) 0.028
Mortality
 30 d, % who died 3 5 2 2
  Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1.85 (0.21, 16.39) 0.64 (0.06, 7.30) 0.71 (0.04, 11.72) 0.582
  Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1.44 (0.15, 13.58) 0.54 (0.04, 6.62) 0.52 (0.03, 9.22) 0.631
 60 d, % who died 11 9 6 2
  Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 0.80 (0.23, 2.79) 0.46 (0.12, 1.72) 0.16 (0.02, 1.51) 0.304
  Adjusted OR (95% CI) 0.56 (0.15, 2.08) 0.34 (0.08, 1.40) 0.11 (0.01, 1.05) 0.206
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n = 290 patients in 4 categories: <12 ng/mL (n = 35), 12 to <20 ng/mL (n = 98), 20 to <30 ng/mL (n = 108), ≥30 ng/mL (n = 49); ORs were determined by binary logistic regression analysis, unadjusted or adjusted for age and sex.