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Table 1 Clinical characteristics associated with vitamin D deficiency among in-patients with acute stroke in Kampala Uganda- bivariate analysis

From: Vitamin D deficiency and its characteristics among patients with acute stroke at a national referral hospital in Kampala Uganda

Variable

Total N (% of total) or median (IQR)

25OHD <20 ng/ml n (% of row) or median (IQR)

Crude odds ratio (OR)

95 % confidence interval

P value

Gender

 Male

69 (49)

12 (17)

1.00

  

 Female

73 (51)

9 (12)

0.67

0.27–1.70

0.40

Hypertension history

 No

67 (47)

7 (10)

1.00

  

 Yes

75 (53)

14 (19)

1.97

0.74–5.21

0.17

Diabetes mellitus

 No

117 (82)

18 (15)

1.00

  

 Yes

25 (18)

3 (12)

0.73

0.20–2.72

0.64

HIV status

 Negative

130 (92)

19 (15)

1.00

  

 Positive

12 (8)

2 (17)

1.16

0.24–5.75

0.85

Previous Stroke

 No

127 (89)

15 (12)

1.00

  

 Yes

15 (11)

6 (40)

4.98

1.55–15.96

0.01

Typical dress

 Gomesia

48 (34)

5 (10)

1.00

  

 Short sleeve + trouser

33 (23)

7 (21)

2.32

0.67–8.05

0.19

 Long sleeve + trouser

28 (20)

4 (14)

1.43

0.35–5.84

0.62

 Other

33 (23)

5 (15)

1.54

0.41–5.79

0.53

Obesity

 No

81 (57)

13 (16)

1.00

  

 Yes

61 (43)

8 (14)

0.79

0.30–2.04

0.63

Stroke type

 Ischemic

93 (76)

17 (18)

1.00

  

 Hemorrhagic

30 (24)

2 (7)

0.32

0.27–1.70

0.14

bAge (years)

69 (50–70)

70 (62–79)

1.03

1.00–1.06

0.08

Daily time outdoors (h)

6.75 (3–10)

3 (1.5–7.5)

0.85

0.75–0.96

0.02

Exercise (days per week)

1 (0–7)

1 (0–7)

0.95

0.82–1.10

0.51

Systolic BP (mmHg)

155 (139–171.5)

150 (141–170)

1.00

0.98–1.01

0.58

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

90 (77–101.5)

90 (80–103)

1.00

0.98–1.01

0.71

Corrected Ca++ (mmol/l)

2.32 (2.22–2.39)

2.31 (2.23–2.36)

0.21

0.01–5.38

0.34

Random glucose (mmol/l)

6.7 (5.7–8.6)

6.7 (5.9–7.1)

1.09

0.91–1.30

0.33

Albumin (g/L)

37.4 (33.5–41.0)

36.6 (30.5–40.6)

0.93

0.86–1.01

0.07

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.53 (3.59–5.45)

4.58 (3.18–5.4)

0.89

0.63–1.24

0.49

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.18 (0.94–1.43)

0.58 (1.31–1.15)

0.25

0.07–0.92

0.04

  1. aUganda national women’s dress covering lower limbs and torso leaving arms bare
  2. bData from this row onward are continuous; association with the categorical outcome of vitamin D deficiency is displayed as odds ratios