Research Article

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

Table 4

Intake of vitamin D containing selected food and vitamin D levels among the study subjects.

Food itemsCaseControl value
Mean ± SDMean ± SD

Egg consumption
 Not at all512.4 ± 2.2221.4 ± 2.10.152
 1–4 times/month1513.5 ± 2.41022.1 ± 1.9
 1–4 times/weekly1014.9 ± 3.11522.6 ± 2.3
 1-2 times/day1015.4 ± 2.61323.1 ± 3.4
Fish consumption
 Less than 3 times/month1013.9 ± 2.2321.8 ± 3.20.459
 1–6 times/week2014.3 ± 2.62522.4 ± 2.2
 1-2 times/day1014.5 ± 2.91222.7 ± 2.2

One-way ANOVA was used to find out the level of significance.