Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its associated risk factors among rural population of the northern part of the Persian Gulf

Table 4 Multivariate adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence intervals relating vitamin D deficiency status and its associated risk factors among rural population of the northern part of the Persian Gulf

	Vitamin D deficiency			Vitamin D deficiency
	Male			Female
Variable	OR	95 % CI	P-Value	OR	95 % CI	P-Value
Age	0.99	0.97 to 1.00	0.096	0.98	0.97 to 0.99	0.0001
sun exposure more than 15 min per-day 2 to 3 times per week	0.93	0.88 to 0.99	0.032	0.95	0.90 to 1.00	0.059
Taking vitamin D supplements	0.84	0.53 to 1.33	0.481	1.09	0.81 to 1.47	0.539
Marital Status	1.22	0.77 to 1.94	0.389	0.96	0.76 to 1.20	0.733
Body Mass Index	1.04	1.00 to 1.08	0.017	0.99	0.97 to 1.01	0.570

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