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 4

Distribution of life habit characteristics: physical activity, sleep, smoking, and alcoholism, according to the TaqI polymorphism of the hypovitaminosis D and control groups.

Variables	TT					Tt + tt
	Hypovitaminosis D		Control			Hypovitaminosis D		Control
	N	%	N	%		N	%	N	%
Physical activity
Yes	20	64.5	28	82.4	0.202	26	74.3	20	71.4	0.267
No	10	32.3	6	17.6		9	25.7	6	21.4
No reply	1	3.2	0	0		0	0	2	7.1
Sleep
Normal	13	41.9	20	58.8	0.340	17	48.6	14	50	0.454
Insomnia	11	35.5	11	32.4		12	34.3	6	21.4
Difficulty sleeping	6	19.4	3	8.8		6	17.1	7	25
No reply	1	3.2	0	0		0	0	1	3.6
Smoking
Yes	2	6.5	2	5.9	0.568	1	2.9	4	14.3	0.239
No	28	90.3	32	94.1		32	91.4	23	82.1
No reply	1	3.2	0	0		2	5.7	1	3.6
Ethics
Yes	0	0	2	5.9	0.231	0	0	2	7.1	0.140
No	30	96.8	32	94.1		35	100	25	89.3
No reply	1	3.2	0	0		0	1	3.6

Pearson’s chi-square test.