Skip to main content

Table 3 Association of vitamin D sufficiency with prevalence of NAFLD in lean and obese participants

From: Low serum vitamin D concentrations are associated with obese but not lean NAFLD: a cross-sectional study

VD classification

Lean participants

Obese participants

Total

NAFLD

PR%

PR

χ2

P-value

Total

NAFLD

PR%

PR

χ2

P value

VD deficiency

422

47

11.14

1.02

  

408

235

57.60

1.33

  

VD insufficiency

519

83

15.99

1.47

  

576

321

55.73

1.29

  

VD sufficiency

303

33

10.89

1.00

6.539

0.038

310

134

43.23

1.00

17.034

< 0.001

  1. VD vitamine D, PR% prevalence rate, PR prevalence ratio
  2. Participants were classified into three groups according to their serum VD levels: VD deficiency, < 50.0 nmol/L; VD insufficiency, 50.0–74.9 nmol/L; and VD sufficiency, ≥ 75.0 nmol/L.
Back to article page

Nutrition Journal

ISSN: 1475-2891

Contact us