Table 2.

Daily and energy-adjusted vitamin D intake. Data are mean (s.d).

Variable	Category	Daily intake (IU/day)		P-value between sexes	Energy-adjusted intake (IU/1000 kcal)		P-value between sexes	% below EAR
		Men	Women		Men	Women		Men	Women
Age group	18–39	240 (184)	222 (170)	0.19	54 (37)	61 (42)	0.005	82.9	88.2
	40–59	238 (187)	179 (146)	<0.001	64 (49)	58 (38)	0.019	83.3	91.8
	60–75	177 (132)	191 (186)	0.40	61 (46)	62 (46)	0.81	92.8	90.7
SES	Low	209 (183)	185 (166)	0.08	51 (37)	53 (40)	0.41	87.5	91.3
	Medium	206 (155)	207 (163)	0.94	58 (46)	59 (49)	0.50	89.0	88.4
	High	256 (178)	214 (175)	0.011	71 (46)	72 (43)	0.93	79.9	89.8
Education	Elementary or lower	189 (175)	166 (162)	0.22	49 (38)	52 (38)	0.46	90.8	90.7
	High School	231 (186)	208 (184)	0.13	58 (40)	59 (43)	0.64	83.6	89.8
	Technical/Associate degree	216 (156)	210 (155)	0.75	57 (41)	60 (37)	0.36	90.0	89.7
	College or higher	244 (161)	210 (147)	0.056	72 (52)	72 (45)	0.64	81.3	90.2
City	Barranquilla	163 (133)	180 (139)	0.32	41 (29)	52 (34)	0.004	95.8	92.9
	Bogota	239 (183)	212 (186)	0.11	66 (48)	64 (44)	0.51	84.1	88.4
	Bucaramanga	217 (163)	156 (142)	0.01	64 (41)	52 (39)	0.009	85.9	97.9
	Cali	209 (175)	182 (144)	0.14	58 (43)	58 (43)	0.93	87.6	94.2
	Medellin	259 (183)	237 (185)	0.28	62 (43)	66 (42)	0.15	78.6	81.9
All		222 (187)	200 (168)	0.009	62 (43)	60 (42)	0.62	85.7	90.0

EAR, estimated average requirement (daily intake of 400 IU/day); SES, socioeconomic status.