Table 3 Factors associated with vitamin D deficiency among 12–24-month-old children living in an urban and rural Bangladesh (Ref. Non-deficient).

From: Sunlight, dietary habits, genetic polymorphisms and vitamin D deficiency in urban and rural infants of Bangladesh

 

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