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Table 2 Vitamin D Status between Cases and Controls

From: Association of vitamin D and diarrhoea in children aged less than five years at Muhimbili national hospital, Dar es Salaam: an unmatched case control study

 

Vitamin D Status

Total

 

Deficient

Sufficient

Diarrhoea*

20 (42.6%)

27 (57.4%)

47

OR 0.55 (95% CI 0.27–1.13) P = 0.092

No diarrhoea

81 (57.4%)

60 (42.6%)

141

Total

101 (53.7%)

87 (46.3%)

188

  1. *Diarrhoea being cases; No diarrhoea being controls
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