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Table 2 Prevalence and association of 25(OH)D deficiency (< 30 nmol/L) in T1D and NG children and adolescents (n = 444)

From: Vitamin D deficiency increases with age and adiposity in Emirati children and adolescents irrespective of type 1 diabetes mellitus: a case control study

 

Prevalence of 25(OH)D deficiency (< 30 nmol/L)

Multiple Logistic Regression

 

Cases (T1D)

Controls (NG)

Age and Sex Adjusted

P-valuea

Mutually Adjusted OR [aOR]

P-value*

Diabetes Status

 Normoglycaemia

 

120 (40.5%)

Ref

 Type 1

33 (22.3%)

 

0.39 (0.24, 0.62)

0.000

0.39 (0.24, 0.65)

0.000

Vitamin D Medication

 No

4 (15.4%)

17 (20.5%)

Ref

 Yes

29 (23.7%)

103 (48.4%)

2.08 (1.19, 3.63)

0.009

2.14 (1.20, 3.81)

0.010

BMI Group

 Normal Weight

18 (18.7%)

60 (38.5%)

Ref

 Underweight

2 (22.2%)

7 (22.6%)

0.77 (0.33, 1.79)

0.549

0.73 (0.31, 1.74)

0.482

 Overweight

8 (29.6%)

13 (37.1%)

0.92 (0.49, 1.72)

0.801

0.90 (0.47, 1.72)

0.750

 Obesity

5 (31.2%)

40 (54.0%)

2.69 (1.56, 4.64)

0.000

2.12 (1.21, 3.71)

0.008

Age (years)

 Children (4—< 10)

3 (8.5%)

10 (14.1%)

Ref

 Adolescent (10–19)

30 (26.5%)

110 (48.9%)

-

 

4.00 (2.06, 7.77)

0.000

Sex

 Male

7 (10.6%)

29 (23.6%)

Ref

 Female

26 (31.7%)

91 (52.6%)

-

 

3.19 (1.97, 5.16)

0.000

  1. NG Normoglycaemic controls, T1D Type 1 Diabetes
  2. aAge and sex adjusted, unconditional logistic regression
  3. * Mutually adjusted logistic regression, model fit was assessed by a goodness of fit Hosmer–Lemeshow test (p = 0.815)