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 items | Case | Control | value | | Mean ± SD | | Mean ± SD |
| Egg consumption | | | | | | Not at all | 5 | 12.4 ± 2.2 | 2 | 21.4 ± 2.1 | 0.152 | 1–4 times/month | 15 | 13.5 ± 2.4 | 10 | 22.1 ± 1.9 | 1–4 times/weekly | 10 | 14.9 ± 3.1 | 15 | 22.6 ± 2.3 | 1-2 times/day | 10 | 15.4 ± 2.6 | 13 | 23.1 ± 3.4 | Fish consumption | | | | | | Less than 3 times/month | 10 | 13.9 ± 2.2 | 3 | 21.8 ± 3.2 | 0.459 | 1–6 times/week | 20 | 14.3 ± 2.6 | 25 | 22.4 ± 2.2 | 1-2 times/day | 10 | 14.5 ± 2.9 | 12 | 22.7 ± 2.2 |
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One-way ANOVA was used to find out the level of significance.
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