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. 2021 Dec 13;19(11):979–986. doi: 10.18502/ijrm.v19i11.9913

Table 3.

Association of vitamin D levels with regularity of cycle, age, and BMI


N (%) 25-hydroxy vitamin D* OR (95% CI) p-value
< 20 ng/ml 96 (57.1)    -
20 ng/ml 72 (42.9)    -
Irregular cycle
No 83 (50.0) 21.90 ± 6.15 13.32 (5.79-30.61) 0.001**
Yes 83 (50.0) 14.56 ± 8.76
Age group (yr)
18-21 16 (9.5) 16.57 ± 8.63 0.23
22-29 102 (60.7) 18.77 ± 7.71 0.85 (0.13-5.34) 0.86
30-39 34 (20.2) 18.08 ± 11.22 2.28 (0.54-9.50) 0.26
40 16 (9.5) 16.80 ± 5.06 3.53 (0.69-18.09) 0.13
BMI (kg/m 2 ) group
< 18.5 (underweight) 13 (7.7) 19.61 ± 5.54 0.16
18.5-24.9 (normal) 79 (47.0) 19.55 ± 8.46 3.39 (0.54-21.32) 0.19
25-29.9 (overweight) 61 (36.3) 16.40 ± 8.34 4.55 (1.04-19.75) 0.04
30 (obese) 15 (8.9) 17.58 ± 9.35 2.42 (0.52-11.19) 0.26
*Data presented as Mean ± SD. BMI: Body mass index, **P < 0.001 so is highly significant. Association estimated through binary logistic regression and results expressed in p-values