Table 1 Distribution of the social and clinical data of 71 Swedish and 52 Somali women by categories of 25(OH)D (nmol/L), with mean values and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) of interval data and median values (IQR) of ordinal data, and number (n) and frequencies of categorical data
25(OH)D categories | p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 10 | 10–24 | 25–49 | 50–74 | > 75 | ||
Swedish, n (%) | 7 (9.9) | 31 (43.7) | 29 (40.8) | 4 (5.6) | ||
Somali, n (%) | 18 (34.6) | 29 (55.8) | 4 (7.7) | 1 (1.9) | ||
Variables | ||||||
PTH, mean 95% CI | ||||||
Swedish | 4.4 (2.5–6.4) | 4.8 (3.8–5.7) | 4.4 (3.4–5.3) | 5.7 (0.6–10.8) | ||
Somali | 16.2 (7.7–24.7) | 11.1 (9.4-12.9) | 6.8 (2.0–11.7) | |||
Age, years | ||||||
Swedish | – | 31.7 (24.8–35.6) | 29.9 (28.2–31.7) | 31.2 (29.4–32.9) | 31.0 (18.7–43.3) | |
Somali | 26.7 (23.4–30.0) | 29.0 (26.7–31.4) | 28.3 (16.7–35.8) | 36.0 | ||
Height, cm | ||||||
Swedish | 164 (158–169) | 168 (166–170) | 167 (165–170) | 171 (163–179) | ||
Somali | 161 (159–163) | 162 (159–164) | 165 (160–169) | 155 | ||
Pregnant, months | ||||||
Swedish | – | 6.3 (4.3–8.4) | 6.1 (5.3–7.0) | 5.9 (5.1–6.8) | ||
Somali | 6.2 (5.4–7.0) | 5.8 (3.7–8.0) | – | |||
Parity, n | ||||||
Swedish | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (1–1.5) | 1 (0.5–1) | 0.02 | |
Somali | 1 (0–4) | 3 (2–6) | 2.5 (1–5.5) | 3 | ||
Activity/week, n | ||||||
Swedish | – | 3 (0–3) | 0 (0–3) | 3 (0–3) | 3 (1–3) | 0.04 |
Somali | 0 (0–3) | 1.5 (0–3) | 3 (0–3) | |||