Table 1:
Service Member age, lipid concentrations, and BMI according to
25-hydroxyvitamin D status
|
Deficient < 20 ng/ml (n = 623) |
Insufficient 0-29 ng/ml (n = 1127) |
Sufficient 30-100 ng/ml (n = 1302) |
P
value |
Age
(years) |
42.57
± 13.22a,b |
44.81
± 14.56a,c |
48.14
± 15.96b,c |
<
0.001 |
25(OH)D
(ng/ml) |
14.65
± 3.44a,b |
24.77
± 2.82a,c |
38.94
± 9.83b,c |
<
0.001 |
BMI
(kg/m2)* |
29.02
± 4.39a |
28.85
± 4.10a |
28.16
± 3.92b,c |
0.005 |
TC
(mg/dl) |
194.3
± 42.86a,b |
188.77
± 2.82c |
186.87
± 41.92c |
0.002 |
LDL-C
(mg/dl) |
116.29
± 39.21a,b |
111.28
± 35.96c |
107.78
± 37.13c |
<
0.001 |
HDL-C
(mg/dl) |
53.63
± 16.38 |
51.96
± 15.82a |
54.08
± 16.35b |
0.013 |
TG
(mg/dl) |
123.17
± 80.16 |
128.36
± 88.10 |
126.50
± 91.19 |
0.675 |
*BMI only available for 1,350 of the
active duty service members; ap < 0.05 compared to sufficient; bp < 0.05 compared to insufficient;
cp
< 0.05 compared to
deficient. 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxycholecalciferol; BMI,
Body Mass Index; TC, Total Cholesterol; LDL-H,
Low
Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; HDL-C, High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol;
TG, Triglycerides