Vitamin D Status in a Rural Italian Population
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Population
2.2. Measurement of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Risk Factors
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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WOMEN | MEN | ||||||||
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n | Mean | SD | 95% CI | n | Mean | SD | 95% CI | ||
2274 | 17.2 | 10.0 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 1174 | 24.1 | 12.6 | 23.3 | 24.8 |
WOMEN | MEN | |||||||
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Vitamin D Status ng/mL | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | ||
<20 Deficiency | 1560 | 68.6 | 66.7 | 70.5 | 477 | 40.6 | 37.8 | 43.4 |
20–30 Insufficiency | 500 | 22.0 | 20.3 | 23.7 | 354 | 30.2 | 27.5 | 32.8 |
≥30 Sufficiency | 213 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 10.6 | 343 | 29.2 | 26.6 | 31.8 |
≥150 Toxic | 1 | 0.04 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - |
WOMEN | MEN | |||||||||
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Age Classes (Years) | n | Mean | SD | 95% CI | n | Mean | SD | 95% CI | ||
20–29 | 233 | 24.8 | 11.9 | 23.2 | 26.3 | 116 | 32.3 | 13.2 | 29.8 | 34.6 |
30–39 | 373 | 21.9 | 11.3 | 20.7 | 23.0 | 230 | 28.2 | 14.4 | 26.3 | 30.0 |
40–49 | 471 | 18.5 | 8.5 | 17.7 | 19.2 | 264 | 25.8 | 11.6 | 23.0 | 25.8 |
50–59 | 478 | 15.6 | 7.7 | 14.8 | 16.2 | 255 | 22.6 | 10.8 | 21.3 | 23.9 |
60–69 | 487 | 13.6 | 9.2 | 12.8 | 14.4 | 231 | 20.2 | 10.1 | 18.8 | 21.5 |
70–81 | 232 | 10.2 | 4.8 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 78 | 14.4 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 16.3 |
WOMEN | MEN | |||||||||
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Month of the Year | n | Mean | SD | 95% CI | n | Mean | SD | 95% CI | ||
J | 58 | 10.9 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 12.4 | 131 | 14.4 | 6.4 | 13.2 | 15.4 |
F | 174 | 10.3 | 7.4 | 9.2 | 11.4 | 218 | 13.4 | 6.9 | 12.4 | 14.3 |
M | 296 | 11.1 | 5.0 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 41 | 13.7 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 16.0 |
A | 235 | 12.3 | 5.3 | 11.5 | 12.9 | 60 | 15.7 | 6.8 | 13.9 | 17.4 |
M | 313 | 13.5 | 9.4 | 12.4 | 14.5 | 4 | 22.3 | 6.7 | - | - |
J | 112 | 17.4 | 6.8 | 16.1 | 18.7 | 4 | 24.6 | 14.9 | - | - |
J | 122 | 20.6 | 6.5 | 19.4 | 21.9 | 48 | 31.6 | 9.5 | 28.8 | 34.3 |
A | serum sample not available | 161 | 35.0 | 12.4 | 33.0 | 36.9 | ||||
S | 254 | 30.1 | 11.1 | 28.7 | 31.4 | 141 | 35.3 | 11.9 | 33.2 | 37.2 |
O | 223 | 25.6 | 9.4 | 24.3 | 26.8 | 311 | 27.2 | 8.6 | 26.2 | 28.1 |
N | 385 | 17.6 | 7.2 | 16.8 | 18.3 | 48 | 21.5 | 8.2 | 19.1 | 23.9 |
D | 102 | 16.3 | 7.5 | 14.8 | 17.8 | 7 | 18.0 | 5.7 | - | - |
WOMEN | MEN | |||||||||
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Month of the Year | n | Mean | SD | 95% CI | n | Mean | SD | 95% CI | ||
J | 58 | 15.9 | 5.3 | 14.5 | 17.3 | 131 | 15.1 | 6.2 | 14.0 | 16.1 |
F | 174 | 11.9 | 7.4 | 10.8 | 13.0 | 218 | 14.1 | 6.9 | 13.2 | 15.0 |
M | 296 | 11.8 | 4.6 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 41 | 19.2 | 7.0 | 17.0 | 21.3 |
A | 235 | 13.4 | 5.3 | 12.7 | 14.1 | 60 | 16.0 | 6.6 | 14.3 | 17.7 |
M | 313 | 15.4 | 10.1 | 14.3 | 16.5 | 4 | 17.6 | 8.1 | - | - |
J | 112 | 18.2 | 6.3 | 17.0 | 19.3 | 4 | 31.6 | 27.6 | - | - |
J | 122 | 20.8 | 6.3 | 19.7 | 21.9 | 48 | 31.6 | 8.8 | 29.1 | 34.1 |
A | serum sample not available | 161 | 33.2 | 12.0 | 31.3 | 35.0 | ||||
S | 254 | 30.0 | 10.7 | 28.7 | 31.3 | 141 | 35.0 | 11.9 | 33.0 | 36.9 |
O | 223 | 24.8 | 8.9 | 23.6 | 26.0 | 311 | 28.2 | 8.3 | 27.3 | 29.2 |
N | 385 | 18.7 | 6.8 | 18.0 | 19.4 | 48 | 23.5 | 7.9 | 21.3 | 25.8 |
D | 102 | 15.1 | 7.1 | 13.8 | 16.5 | 7 | 17.8 | 4.9 | - | - |
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Morsilli, O.; Guerriero, R.; Palmieri, L.; Lo Noce, C.; Zeller, T.; Blankenberg, S.; Di Lonardo, A.; Vannucchi, S.; Gabbianelli, M.; Donfrancesco, C. Vitamin D Status in a Rural Italian Population. Reports 2022, 5, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/reports5010001
Morsilli O, Guerriero R, Palmieri L, Lo Noce C, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Di Lonardo A, Vannucchi S, Gabbianelli M, Donfrancesco C. Vitamin D Status in a Rural Italian Population. Reports. 2022; 5(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/reports5010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleMorsilli, Ornella, Raffaella Guerriero, Luigi Palmieri, Cinzia Lo Noce, Tanja Zeller, Stefan Blankenberg, Anna Di Lonardo, Serena Vannucchi, Marco Gabbianelli, and Chiara Donfrancesco. 2022. "Vitamin D Status in a Rural Italian Population" Reports 5, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/reports5010001