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Table 2 Association between serum vitamin D levels (nmol/L) and VAT mass (mg)

From: Association between serum vitamin D levels and visceral adipose tissue among adolescents: a cross-sectional observational study in NHANES 2011–2015

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

 

β (95% CI)

P value

β (95% CI)

P value

β (95% CI)

P value

Serum vitamin D levels (nmol/L)

−1.23 (− 1.44, − 1.02)

< 0.0001

− 1.63 (− 1.86, − 1.39)

< 0.0001

−0.34 (− 0.49, − 0.19)

< 0.0001

Serum vitamin D (quartile)

Deficiency

Reference

Reference

Reference

Insufficiency

−23.42(− 34.94,-11.90)

< 0.0001

−37.93(− 50.06,-25.81)

< 0.0001

−8.30 (− 15.42, − 1.18)

0.0224

Sufficiency

−59.26(− 72.50,-46.02)

< 0.0001

−78.22(− 92.95,-63.48)

< 0.0001

− 14.70(− 23.62,-5.78)

0.0012

P trend

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.001

  1. Model 1 adjusted for: None
  2. Model 2 adjusted for age, race, and gender
  3. Model 3 adjusted for age, race, gender, sedentary activity, ratio of family income to poverty, time of detection, BMI, and waist circumference
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