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