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Table 1 Determinants of vitamin D status in TB cases and controls

From: Vitamin D deficiency associates with susceptibility to tuberculosis in Pakistan, but polymorphisms in VDR, DBP and CYP2R1 do not

  

TB cases

Control

Characteristics

 

25 (OH) D ≤20 nmol/l

aOR(95 % CI)a

P

25(OH) D ≤20 nmol/l

aOR(95 % CI)a

P

Age

>30 years

56/124 (45 %)

Ref

 

17/50 (34 %)

Ref

 

≤30 years

62/136 (46 %)

1.26(0.71-2.32)

0.44

17/62 (27 %)

1.46(0.60-3.56)

0.40

Sex

Male

43/120 (36 %)

Ref

-

11/58 (19 %)

Ref

-

Female

75/140 (54 %)

2.31(1.33-4.01)

0.003

23/54 (43 %)

3.67(1.38-9.70)

0.01

Marital status

Single

49/114 (43 %)

Ref

-

16/54 (30 %)

Ref

-

Married

69/146 (46 %)

1.34(0.71-2.55)

0.36

18/58 (31 %)

1.63(0.64-1.43)

0.30

Monthly income, PKR

<10,000

84/177 (47 %)

1.27(0.73-2.20)

0.38

18/62 (29 %)

1.0(0.42-2.40)

0.98

≥10,000

34/83 (41 %)

Ref

-

16/50 (32 %)

Ref

-

Month of recruitment

April-September

53/137 (39 %)

Ref

-

10/53 (19 %)

Ref

-

October-March

65/123 (53 %)

1.89(1.14-3.16)

0.01

24/59 (41 %)

2.55(1.03-6.31)

0.04

  1. aOdds ratio adjusted for age, sex, marital status, monthly income and month of recruitment. PKR Pakistani rupees, 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D