Table 1:
Association between demographics, risk factor and level of vitamin D among 90
children hospitalized.
|
|
Level
of vitamin D |
Pa |
|
|
VDI |
VDS |
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|
<
30 ng/mL |
≥
30 ng/mL |
||
|
(n
= 59) |
(n
= 31) |
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|
Med.
(IQR) |
Med.
(IQR) |
||
|
Age
(month)b |
3 (1, 8) |
7 (3, 12) |
0.042 |
|
|
n
(%) |
n
(%) |
|
|
Age |
|||
|
≤ 3 month |
31 (-53) |
8 (-26) |
0.033 |
|
4-12 months |
16 (-27) |
16 (-52) |
|
|
> 12 months |
12 (-20) |
7 (-23) |
|
|
Sex |
|||
|
Female |
23 (-39) |
16 (-52) |
0.251 |
|
Male |
36 (-61) |
15 (-48) |
|
|
Ethnicity |
|||
|
Whitec |
36 (-61) |
20 (-65) |
0.745 |
|
Non-white |
23 (-39) |
11 (-35) |
|
|
Smoker
at home |
|||
|
No |
38 (-64) |
20 (-65) |
0.992 |
|
Yes |
21 (-36) |
11 (-35) |
|
|
Parental
education |
|||
|
Less than high school |
5 (-8) |
2 (-6) |
0.558 |
|
High school |
19 (-32) |
14 (-45) |
|
|
College |
31 (-53) |
12 (-39) |
|
|
Graduate school |
4 (-7) |
3 (-10) |
|
|
Receipt
of vitamin D supplementation |
|||
|
Never |
43 (-73) |
25 (-81) |
0.415 |
|
Ever |
16 (-27) |
6 (-19) |
|
|
Breast
feeding |
|||
|
No |
17 (-29) |
18 (-58) |
0.007 |
|
Any (Mixed/Exclusive) |
42 (-71) |
13 (-42) |
|
|
Detection
of respiratory syncytial virus at enrollment |
|||
|
No |
16 (-27) |
16 (-52) |
0.021 |
|
Yes |
43 (-73) |
15 (-48) |
|
|
BMI
(kg/m2) |
|||
|
Underweight |
10 (-19) |
6 (-21) |
0.539 |
|
Normal |
3 (-6) |
2 (-7) |
|
|
Obesity |
38 (-70) |
17 (-59) |
|
|
Morbid obesity |
3 (-6) |
4 (-14) |
|
|
Missingd |
5 |
2 |
|
Note: aBased on chi-square for categorical variables
(exact test if appropriate) or Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables;
bMedian (Med.) and interquartile range
(IQR) for continuous variables; cboth
parents are white; dMissing group is not included
in statistical testing.