Significant Independent Predictors of Vitamin D Deficiency in Inpatients and Outpatients of a Nephrology Unit

Table 4

Logistic regression models for probability of vitamin D deficiency.

Variable	β	S.E.	𝑃	Odds ratio (95.0% C.I)
Gender (1)	0.907	0.277	0.001	0.404 (0.2–0.6)
Age	−0.007	0.009	0.404	0.993 (0.9–1.0)
Albumin	0.892	0.253	<0.001	2.5  (1.5–4.0)
Diabetes (1)	0.319	0.352	0.365	1.376 (0.7–2.7)
Supplemented with vitamin D (1)	1.188	0.329	<0.001	0.305 (1.6–0.6)
eGFR	0.005	0.005	0.309	1.005 (0.9–1.0)
Hospitalization	−0.231	0.322	0.475	1.259 (0.6–2.3)
Put on hemodialysis	0.198	0.409	0.628	1.219 (0.5–2.7)
Constant	−4.488	1.137	<0.001	0.011

𝑛 = 280. Forward stepwise (likelihood ratio) method; entry criteria = 𝑃 < 0.05.
β: standard regression coefficient; 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D.