Association of Vitamin D with the TaqI Polymorphism of the VDR Gene in Older Women Attending the Basic Health Unit of the Federal District, DF (Brazil)
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of older women attended at a Basic Health Unit (N = 128). Ceilândia, Brasília, DF, 2018.
Variable
Description
N
%
Age range
60–65 years
53
41.4
66–70 years
37
28.9
71–75 years
23
18.0
76–80 years
10
7.8
≥81 years
5
3,9
Marital status
Single
18
14.1
Married
58
45.3
Divorced
14
10.9
Widowed
36
28.1
No reply
2
1.6
Nationality (place of birth)
Northeast
88
68.8
Midwest
15
11.7
Southeast
19
14.8
South
3
2.3
North
1
0.8
No reply
2
1.6
Color
White
47
36.7
Mestizo
57
44.5
Black
17
13.3
Others
3
2.3
No reply
4
3.2
Schooling in years of study
0–4 years
48
37.5
5–8 years
49
38.3
≥10 years
31
24.2
Occupation
Active
21
16.4
Retired
43
33.6
Away/removed
1
0.8
Inactive
55
43.0
No reply
8
6.2
Monthly income in minimum wage
≤1 salary
65
50.8
2 to 3 salaries
35
27.3
4 to 5 salaries
6
4.7
≥6 salaries
2
1.6
Without income
3
2.3
No reply
17
13.3
Religion
Catholic
88
68.8
Evangelical
33
25.8
Spiritist
2
1.6
Atheist/agnostic
1
0.8
Others
1
0.8
No reply
3
2.4
N: number of participants; %: percentage; M: average; SD: standard deviation; min: minimum; max: maximum; ±: more or less; ≥: greater or equal; ≤: less than or equal; minimum wage: referent to the year 2017 in Brazil (nine hundred thirty-seven reais).
