Vitamin D Deficiency Is Common in Ghana despite Abundance of Sunlight: A Multicentre Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

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(a) Kruskal–Wallis test was used to compare the median of 25-hydroxyvitamin D serum levels among participants. (b) Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among study participants. value <0.05 is statistically significant, NS = Northern Sector, MB = Middle Belt, and SS = Southern Sector. value for (a) is for across all the groups, other factors such as hemodynamics, biochemistry parameters, age, and weight were adjusted.

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