Research Article
Vitamin D Status and Associated Factors in Neonates in a Resource Constrained Setting
Table 2
Factors associated with vitamin d status.
| | Factor | Vitamin D Status | Total (%) | p value | | Sufficient(n = 34) (20.0%) | Deficient(n = 136) (80.0%) |
| | Sex | | | | | | Male | 22 (25.0) | 66 (75.0) | 88 | | | Female | 12 (14.6) | 70 (85.4) | 82 | 0.124 | | Gestational Age, weeks | | | | | | < 37 | 14 (22.6) | 48 (77.4) | 62 | | | 37 – 42 | 20 (18.5) | 88 (81.5) | 108 | 0.554 | | Birth Weight, grams | | | | | | < 2500 | 8 (19.0) | 34 (81.0) | 42 | | | ≥ 2500 | 26 (20.3) | 102 (79.7) | 128 | 1.000 | | Parity | | | | | | Primiparous | 11 (17.7) | 51 (82.3) | 62 | | | Multiparous | 21 (21.2) | 78 (78.8) | 99 | | | Grand Multipara | 2 (22.2) | 7 (77.8) | 9 | 0.808 | | Maternal Age, yr | | | | | | < 20 | 2 (12.5) | 14 (87.5) | 16 | | | 20 – 29 | 18 (19.1) | 76 (80.9) | 94 | | | ≥ 30 | 14 (23.3) | 46 (76.7) | 60 | 0.627 | | Maternal HIV | | | | | | Positive | 7 (50.0) | 7 (50.0) | 14 | | | Negative | 27 (17.3) | 129 (82.7) | 156 | 0.009 | | BF Status | | | | | | With Colostrum | 19 (22.4) | 66 (77.6) | 85 | | | No Colostrum | 0 | 8 (100.0) | 8 | | | No BF | 15 (19.5) | 62 (80.5) | 77 | 0.397 |
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Including neonates with normal and insufficient vitamin D levels. |
