Table 4:
Service Member age, vitamin D concentrations, and lipid concentrations
according to BMI category
|
Underweight 18.5 kg/m2 (n = 4) |
Normal 18.5-24.99 kg/m2 (n = 242) |
Overweight 25.00-29.99 kg/m2 (n = 636) |
Obese ≥ 30.00 kg/m2 (n = 468) |
p-value |
Age (years) |
32.50 ± 11.36 |
34.46 ± 9.33a,b |
37.98 ± 8.441c |
37.72 ± 8.02c |
< 0.001 |
25(OH)D (ng/ml) |
31.50 ± 21.29 |
29.59 ± 12.37a |
28.12 ± 11.30a |
26.44 ± 10.26b,c |
0.003 |
TC (mg/dl) |
176.75 ± 73.99 |
181.64 ± 38.59a,b |
195.03 ± 38.69c |
198.46 ± 42.44c |
< 0.001 |
LDL-C (mg/dl) |
97.25 ± 43.69 |
100.78 ± 34.41a,b |
116.49 ± 34.04c |
121.60 ± 38.37c |
< 0.001 |
HDL-C (mg/dl) |
68.75 ± 29.18 |
62.70 ± 17.47a,b |
54.81 ± 16.28a,c |
49.66 ± 14.05b,c |
< 0.001 |
TG (mg/dl) |
53.25 ± 10.24 |
91.85 ± 72.17a,b |
117.47 ± 74.81a,c |
138.77 ± 92.25b,c |
< 0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) |
17.62 ± 0.598a,b,c |
23.08 ± 1.50a,b,d |
27.51 ± 1.54a,c,d |
33.00 ± 2.71b,c,d |
< 0.001 |
ap
< 0.05 compared to
obese; bp < 0.05 compared to overweight; cp < 0.05 compared to normal weight; dp < 0.05 compared to underweight.
25(OH)D, 25-hydroxycholecalciferol;
BMI,
Body Mass Index; TC, Total Cholesterol; LDL-C, Low Density Lipoprotein
Cholesterol; HDL-C, High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; TG, Triglycerides