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Probability of Vitamin D Deficiency by Body Weight and Race/Ethnicity

Tom Weishaar, Sonali Rajan and Bryan Keller
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2016, 29 (2) 226-232; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150251
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From the Department of Health and Behavior Studies (TW, SR) and the Department of Human Development (BK), Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
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Sonali Rajan
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    Probability of vitamin D deficiency by body weight and skin color at 2 target 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) concentrations: below 20 ng/mL (A) and below 30 ng/mL (B). If vitamin D deficiency is defined as a 25(OH)D concentration below 40 ng/mL, all 3 lines hug the top of the graph, so that figure is not shown. Bands indicate 95% confidence intervals for the probability of deficiency.

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    Table 1. Mean 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations among the US Population Aged 6 Years and Older, 2001–2010, with Percentage Breakouts by Vitamin D Status
    Unweighted No.25(OH)D (ng/mL), Mean (SE)Percentage (SE) of Population by 25(OH)D Status
    <20 ng/mL20–<30 ng/mL≥30 ng/mL
    Population36,43425.9 (0.23)27 (1.0)43 (0.6)30 (0.9)
    Sex
        Male17,89725.8 (0.23)25 (1.0)46 (0.7)29 (1.0)
        Female18,53726.0 (0.24)30 (1.0)39 (0.7)31 (0.9)
    Race/ethnicity
        Non-Hispanic white15,65228.3 (0.22)17 (0.7)44 (0.7)39 (1.0)
        Mexican-American8,52821.9 (0.26)41 (1.5)47 (1.0)13 (0.8)
        Non-Hispanic black8,26717.4 (0.27)68 (1.5)26 (1.2)6 (0.5)
        All other3,98722.6 (0.29)39 (1.9)45 (1.4)16 (1.0)
    Age (years)
        6–<103,02329.1 (0.34)10 (0.8)49 (1.5)41 (1.9)
        10–<209,84125.8 (0.30)25 (1.3)47 (1.1)28 (1.2)
        20–<408,21425.4 (0.28)31 (1.3)41 (0.8)29 (1.1)
        40–<607,38525.7 (0.26)28 (1.2)42 (1.0)30 (1.1)
        ≥607,97126.2 (0.24)27 (0.8)41 (0.7)32 (1.1)
    Weight (kg)
        <251,04730.4 (0.44)6 (0.8)46 (2.3)48 (2.5)
        25–<505,06827.1 (0.31)19 (1.2)47 (1.4)34 (1.5)
        50–<7514,78527.0 (0.23)24 (1.0)41 (0.7)35 (0.9)
        75–<10011,43525.3 (0.24)29 (1.1)43 (0.8)28 (1.0)
        100–<1253,23723.4 (0.31)36 (1.7)42 (1.6)22 (1.4)
        ≥12586220.3 (0.45)50 (2.7)39 (2.3)10 (1.6)
    • 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D; SE, standard error.

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