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Table 3 Vitamin D supplementation by men and women aged 25–85 in selected health risk groups

From: Variation in vitamin D supplementation among adults in a multi-race/ethnic health plan population, 2008

  

Number of Vitamin D Sources1

  
 

Unwtd

None

1 Source

≥ 2 Sources

N

Wtd. %

Wtd. %

Wtd. %

Obese (BMI ≥30) 2

    

Women

    

 All

2324

40.2

36.8

23.0

 WhiteNH

1463

34.4

38.9

26.7

 Black

290

47.4*

39.4

12.9*

 Latino

333

55.0*

29.9

15.1*

Men

     

 All

1707

51.2

41.5

7.3

 WhiteNH

1164

47.9

44.9

7.1

 Black

131

49.0

41.4

9.5

 Latino

234

60.2*

32.7

7.1

Diabetic 2

    

Women

    

 All

885

37.3

36.2

26.5

 WhiteNH

490

30.9

38.5

30.5

 Black

108

48.0*

41.6

12.4*

 Latino

121

54.1*

27.5

18.4*

Men

    

 All

1125

49.4

41.2

9.4

 WhiteNH

685

45.3

44.0

10.6

 Black

96

50.4

36.1

13.5

 Latino

129

60.3*

37.5

2.2*

Hypertensive

    

Women

    

 All

3169

33.0

36.6

32.0

 WhiteNH

2094

28.8

35.8

35.3

 Black

316

39.4*

44.0

16.6*

 Latino

252

41.5*

34.5

24.0*

 Filipino

225

39.7*

35.5

24.8*

 Chinese

101

29.5

32.7

37.7

Men

    

 All

3091

46.7

43.4

9.9

 WhiteNH

2099

43.9

46.0

10.1

 Black

241

47.1

44.3

8.6

 Latino

246

56.3*

33.2

10.5

 Filipino

183

46.0

44.2

9.8

 Chinese

112

52.5

37.6

9.9

  1. Unwtd. N = Actual subgroup sample size. Wtd. % = Respondent data weighted to the age, gender, and geographic composition of the health plan membership at time of the survey.
  2. 1 Sources of vitamin D: Calcium with D, multivitamin, singular D, or D in another combination. At the time of the survey, each of these sources generally contained contained 400 IU of vitamin D2.
  3. 2 Numbers of Filipino and Chinese women and men in risk group too small to use for estimates.
  4. * Differs significantly from White nonHispanics at p<.05.
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