Table 6.
Hypovitaminosis D with a variety of sociodemographic factors (N = 2500)
| Parameter | Sufficient (N = 400)(16%) |
Insufficient (N = 450)(18%) |
Deficient (N = 733)(29.32%) |
Severe deficient (N = 917)(36.7%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||
| Below 5 years | 133(33.3%) | 168(37.3%) | 148(23.1%) | 314(34.3%) |
| 5–9 years | 146(36.6%) | 228(50.7%) | 390(61.0%) | 522(56.9%) |
| 10–14 years | 67(16.6%) | 47(10.4%) | 80(12.6%) | 47(5.1%) |
| 15 and above | 54(13.3%) | 7(1.5%) | 20(3.1%) | 34(3.6%) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 66(16.6%) | 161(35.8%) | 121(18.9%) | 228(24.8%) |
| Female | 334(83.3%) | 289(64.1%) | 517(81.0%) | 689(75.1%) |
| Economic status | ||||
| Lower | 100(2%) | 161(35.8%) | 221(34.7%) | 248(27%) |
| Upper lower | 66(16.6%) | 40(8.9%) | 148(23.1%) | 167(18.4%) |
| Lower middle | 53(13.3%) | 148(32.8%) | 101(15.7%) | 201(21.9%) |
| Upper middle | 147(36.6%) | 54(11.9%) | 134(21.0%) | 234(25.4%) |
| Upper | 33(8.3%) | 47(10.4%) | 34(5.2%) | 67(7.3%) |
| Education of mother | ||||
| Illiterate | 66(16.6%) | 114(25.3%) | 154(24.2%) | 221(24.0%) |
| Up to primary | 100(2%) | 134(29.8%) | 67(10.5%) | 201(21.9%) |
| Primary to + 2 | 133(33.3%) | 87(19.4%) | 134(21%) | 67(7.3%) |
| Graduate | 47(11.6%) | 80(17.9%) | 215(33.6%) | 314(34.3%) |
| Postgraduate | 53(13.3%) | 34(7.4%) | 67(10.5%) | 114(12.4%) |
| Address | ||||
| Rural | 313(78.3%) | 369(82%) | 463(72.6%) | 529(57.6%) |
| Urban | 87(21.6%) | 81(17.9%) | 175(27.3%) | 388(42.3%) |