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Table 3 Vitamin D Status between Sick Controls and Healthy Controls. (Sub-group Analysis within Control Group)

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

Sick Controls

66 (70.2%)

28 (29.8%)

94

OR 5.03 (95% CI 2.22–11.55) P = 0.000

Healthy Controls

15 (31.9%)

32 (68.1%)

47

Total

81 (57.4%)

60 (42.6%)

141

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BMC Pediatrics

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