Table 3 Factors associated with vitamin D deficiency among 12–24-month-old children living in an urban and rural Bangladesh (Ref. Non-deficient).
Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coefficient | Std. error | 95% CI | p-value | Coefficient | Std. error | 95% CI | p-value | |||
Upper | Lower | Upper | Lower | |||||||
% of body surface area exposed to sun light | − 0.002 | 0.01 | 0.01 | − 0.02 | 0.80 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.05 |
Exposure time | − 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.01 | − 0.01 | 0.71 | − 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | − 0.02 | 0.04 |
Uv index | − 0.11 | 0.05 | − 0.02 | − 0.20 | 0.02 | − 0.36 | 0.15 | − 0.06 | − 0.65 | 0.02 |
Rural site | − 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.52 | − 0.55 | 0.96 | − 0.08 | 0.37 | 0.65 | − 0.80 | 0.84 |
Season 2 | 0.12 | 0.35 | 0.81 | − 0.57 | 0.73 | 0.23 | 0.39 | 0.99 | − 0.54 | 0.56 |
Season 3 | 0.66 | 0.35 | 1.34 | − 0.03 | 0.06 | − 0.95 | 0.84 | 0.69 | − 2.59 | 0.26 |
Vit D intake | − 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.07 | − 0.13 | 0.57 | − 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.03 | − 0.20 | 0.16 |
Currently breast feeding | − 0.86 | 0.32 | − 0.23 | − 1.48 | 0.01 | − 1.15 | 0.37 | − 0.43 | − 1.86 | 0.00 |