Vitamin-D status and neurodevelopment and growth in young north Indian children: a secondary data analysis

Nutrition Journal

Table 4 The association between baseline Vitamin-D status and growth (at baseline) among children

	Deficient (Vitamin-D status < 10 ng/ml) n = 331	Non-Deficient (Vitamin-D status ≥ 10 ng/ml) n = 629	Adjusted β coefficient (95% CI)^a
Z scores: Mean(SD)
HAZ	−1.56 (1.24)	−1.63 (1.16)	.05 (−0.10 to 0.20)
WHZ	−0.86 (0.92)	−0.89 (0.94)	.02 (−0.10 to 0.14)
WAZ	−1.46 (1.06)	−1.52 (1.05)	.03 (−0.10 to 0.17)
			Adjusted OR (95% CI)^a
Stunted, n (%)	117 (35.4)	233 (37.0)	0.84 (0.63 to 1.13)
Wasted, n (%)	35 (10.6)	68 (10.8)	0.99 (0.64 to 1.54)
Underweight, n (%)	101 (30.5)	197 (31.3)	0.91 (0.67 to 1.23)

^aAdjusted for: age, sex, breastfeeding status, log transformed annual family income, family structure, mother’s years of schooling, father’s years of schooling, baseline levels of vitamin B12, folate, anemia status at baseline

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