Table 3.

Vitamin D status in study participants with TB, latent TB, and without TB infection.

Category	TB n (%)	LTBI n %	Without TB n (%)	Overall status (%)
Deficiency	26 (65%)	7 (17%)	7 (17%)	42
Insufficiency	17 (50%)	6 (118%)	11 (32%)	36
Optimal	3 (33%)	4 (44%)	2 (22%)	10
Severe vitamin D deficiency	10 (83%)	0 (0%)	2 (17%)	13
Other categories
Hypovitaminosis D	51 (53%)	22 (24%)	8 (9%)	85

Severe vitamin D levels < 10 ng/ml vitamin D deficiency < 20 ng/ml insufficiency = 21–29 ng/ml and optimal levels =  ≥ 30 ng/ml.