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Table 1 Characteristics of the full survey and the genetic substudy population

From: Genetic variants of VDR and CYP2R1 affect BMI independently of serum vitamin D concentrations

Parameter

Survey participants (n = 669)

Study population (n = 462)

p-value

Age (years ± SD)

49.62 ± 16.65

49.55 ± 16.63

0.87

Gender (n (%))

 Male

281 (42%)

228 (49%)

< 0.0001

 Female

383 (58%)

234 (51%)

Height (m ± SD)

1.69 ± 0.09

1.70 ± 0.1

0.97

Weight (kg ± SD)

74.9 ± 16.0

75.7 ± 15.9

0.90

BMI (kg/m2 ± SD)

25.8 ± 4.6

26.0 ± 4.5

0.88

Place of residence (n)

 Capital

153 (23%)

65 (14%)

0.47

 City

309 (46.5%)

264 (57%)

 Village

202 (30.5%)

133 (29%)

Occupation (n)

 Blue collar

252 (38%)

179 (39%)

0.32

 White collar

412 (62%)

283 (61%)

t- 25(OH) D (nmol/L ± SD)

41.8 ± 20.9

37.4 ± 17.5

0.0002

b-25(OH) D (nmol/L ± SD)

4.8 ± 4.3

3.7 ± 2.2

< 0.0001

f- 25(OH) D (pmol/L ± SD)

11.8 ± 10.3

9.2 ± 5.3

< 0.0001

DBP (mg/L ± SD)

303.8 ± 99.3

293.1 ± 107.6

0.47

PTHi (pg/ml ± SD)

25.3 ± 16.3

26.7 ± 18.4

0.20

  1. Abbreviations: b-25OHD bioactive 25-hydroxyvitamin D, BMI Body Mass Index, DBP vitamin D binding protein, f-25OHD free 25-hydroxyvitamin D, t-25OHD total 25-hydroxyvitamin D, PTHi intact parathormone