Predictors of vitamin D deficiency in inflammatory bowel disease and health: A Mississippi perspective

Table 3 Distribution of vitamin D concentration across various diagnosis, demographics (age, race, gender) and body mass index (modifiable risk factor) n (%)

		Vitamin D			P value
		Deficient	Insufficient	Sufficient
Total	309	100	99	110
		(32.4)	(32.0)	(35.6)
Diagnosis
Controls	98 (31.7)	27.6%	29.6%	42.8%	0.0407
CD	129 (41.7)	40.3%	33.3%	26.4%
UC	82 (26.5)	25.6%	32.9%	41.5%
Age (yr)
< 35	72 (23.3)	38.9%	34.7%	26.4%	0.0415
35-49	73 (23.6)	34.2%	28.8%	37.0%
50-64	99 (32.0)	37.4%	28.3%	34.3%
> 65	65 (21.0)	15.4%	38.5%	46.2%
Race
White	189 (61.2)	21.7%	34.4%	43.9%	< 0.0001
AA	114 (36.9)	50.9%	28.1%	21.0%
Other	6 (1.9)	16.7%	33.3%	50.0%
Gender
Female	211 (68.3)	33.7%	32.2%	34.1%	0.6857
Male	98 (31.7)	29.6%	31.6%	38.8%
BMI (kg/m2)
< 25	97 (31.4)	29.9%	25.8%	44.3%	0.0110
25-30	102 (33.0)	27.5%	31.4%	41.2%
> 30	110 (35.6)	39.1%	38.2%	22.7%

CD: Crohn’s disease; AA: African American; BMI: Body mass index; UC: Ulcerative colitis.