Table 3.

 Comparison of vitamins deficiencies between sexes

			Sex		Total	P-value
			Female	Male
Vit. B12 deficiency	No	N	117	47	164	0.03*
		%	92.1%	100.0%	94.3%
	Yes	N	10	0	10
		%	7.9%	0.0%	5.7%
Total			127	47	174
Folate deficiency	No	N	74	24	98	0.25
		%	58.3%	51.1%	56.3%
	Yes	N	53	23	76
		%	41.7%	48.9%	43.7%
Total			127	47	174
Vit. D deficiency	No	N	42	16	58	0.52
		%	33.1%	34.0%	33.3%
	Yes	N	85	31	116
		%	66.9%	66.0%	66.7%
Total			127	47	174

boldface means^*p < 0.05