Table 2 Percentages of adults taking a multivitamin, calcium, and getting vitamin D from supplements in 2008 by age group, gender and race/ethnicity

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

				Vitamin D from a Supplement ¹
		Daily Multivitamin	Calcium+D Supplement	None	From 1 source	From ≥ 2 sources
	Unwtd. N	Wtd %	Wtd. %	Wtd. %	Wtd. %	Wtd. %
WOMEN
25-50 yr	3531	54.6	23.7	40.0	41.6	18.4
51-70 yr	3116	60.2	51.3	26.9	34.3	38.8
71-85 yr	2237	58.4	54.3	25.7	35.5	38.8
Age 25-50
WhiteNH	1832	60.8	24.4	34.7	45.3	20.0
Black	263	45.6*	17.4	47.8*	41.4	10.8*
Latina	541	48.7*	21.0	46.7*	36.8	16.5
Filipina	282	44.7*	18.9	49.6*	37.2	13.2*
Chinese	212	46.8*	34.1*	40.4	38.3	21.3
Age 51-85
WhiteNH	3806	61.2	53.3	25.7	33.7	40.6
Black	376	51.2*	33.4*	37.0*	41.1	21.9*
Latina	389	49.8*	41.4*	35.5*	37.7	26.8*
Filipina	271	59.4	57.0	23.3	37.0	39.7
Chinese	192	58.1	61.5	22.3	35.6	42.1
MEN
25-50 yr	2120	44.5	6.8	53.8	40.9	5.2
51-70 yr	2737	49.5	13.4	47.3	42.3	10.4
71-85 yr	2308	50.8	19.7	44.2	40.8	15.0
Age 25-50
WhiteNH	1127	48.4	6.1	50.1	45.1	4.8
Black	119	45.0	9.6	52.1	40.6	7.3
Latino	324	38.4*	6.8	60.9*	33.0	6.1
Filipino	153	50.3	6.9	47.0	48.8	4.2
Chinese	128	40.2	11.3	55.2	38.1	6.7
Age 51-85
WhiteNH	3646	52.9	14.7	43.8	45.2	11.4
Black	285	43.7	12.2	54.2*	35.1	10.7
Latino	371	37.8*	11.8	58.5*	56.5	8.0
Filipino	233	47.8	17.9	45.7	41.6	12.7
Chinese	186	39.4*	15.3	57.1*	31.0	11.9

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.
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 400 IU of vitamin D₂.
* Differs significantly from White nonHispanics at p<.05.

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