Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics stratified by 25 (OH) D status
Characteristics | 25(OH)D status | Statistic | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Deficient N = 218 | Non-deficient N = 282 | |||
Age | 27.38 ± 6.28 | 28.42 ± 7.42 | 1.376t | 0.1693 |
Gender | 0.4085 x | 0.5461 | ||
Males | 161(73.9) | 201(71.3) | ||
Females | 57(26.1) | 81(28.7) | ||
Marital status | 2.063 x | 0.3565 | ||
Single | 141(64.7) | 165(58.5) | ||
Married | 73(33.5) | 108(38.3) | ||
Divorced | 4(1.8) | 8(2.8) | ||
Religion status | 0.2887 x | 0.8656 | ||
Christianity | 162(74.3) | 214(75.9) | ||
Moslems | 43(19.7) | 54(19.1) | ||
Traditionalist | 13(5.9) | 14(4.9) | ||
Education | 3.710x | 0.2946 | ||
Unschooled | 28(12.8) | 41(14.5) | ||
Basic | 28(12.8) | 48(17.0) | ||
Secondary | 100(45.9) | 107(37.9) | ||
Tertiary | 62(28.4) | 86(30.5) | ||
Occupation | 1.205 x | 0.7519 | ||
Unemployed | 6(2.8) | 4(1.4) | ||
Informal | 93(42.7) | 124(43.9) | ||
Formal | 27(12.4) | 33(11.7) | ||
Student | 92(42.2) | 121(42.9) | ||