Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone Status in Female Garment Workers: A Case-Control Study in Bangladesh

Table 1

Baseline demographic characteristics of study subjects.

Characteristics	All	Case	Control	value
	()	()	()
Age (year)	27.8 ± 5.1	27.2 ± 5.5	28.3 ± 4.6	0.32
Weight (Kg)	52.2 ± 5.2	50.9 ± 5.6	53.5 ± 4.4	0.03
Height (cm)	152.1 ± 5.1	151.3 ± 5.1	152.9 ± 4.9	0.78
BMI (Kg/m^2)	22.6 ± 2.4	22.2 ± 2.5	22.9 ± 2.2	0.23
Waist circumference (cm)	72.1 ± 6.2	72.6 ± 6.6	71.6 ± 5.8	0.51
Hip circumference (cm)	81.3 ± 5.4	81.9 ± 5.9	80.8 ± 4.8	0.38
Education level
≤primary	30	20	10	0.68
Primary-junior level	30	10	20
≤secondary	20	10	10

Values are presented as mean ± SD. Independent sample -test was done to find out the level of significance between the groups.