Research Article
Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Determinants in Adults: A Sample from Community-Based Settings in the United Arab Emirates
Table 2
Predictors of vitamin D deficiency based on multiple logistic regression analysis (
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| Variable | Odds ratio (OR) | Lower limit | Upper limit | value |
| Age (years) | Age group 1 | | | | | 40–55 versus 23–39 | 0.849 | 0.269 | 2.685 | 0.7806 | Age group 2 | | | | | 56+ versus 23–39 | 2.812 | 0.388 | 20.380 | 0.3062 | Gender | Female versus male | 0.444 | 0.141 | 1.400 | 0.1658 | Nationality | Emirati versus non-Emirati | 1.224 | 0.350 | 4.286 | 0.7515 | Depression | Depressed () versus nondepressed () | 31.134 | 9.197 | 105.395 | <0.0001 | Diabetes type 2 | Diabetes () versus no diabetes () | 24.889 | 7.289 | 84.989 | <0.0001 | Obesity (BMI) | BMI (25–29.99 versus 24.99 or less) | 1.064 | 0.288 | 3.924 | 0.9262 | BMI (30+ versus 24.99 or less) | 6.552 | 1.516 | 28.318 | 0.0118 | Employment | Employed versus nonemployed | 3.597 | 0.986 | 13.126 | 0.0536 |
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value significant at ≤0.05.
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