Table 4 Vitamin D and parathormone (PTH) status
From: Nutritional status of flexitarians compared to vegans and omnivores - a cross-sectional pilot study
Parameter | FX n = 32 | P FX-V | V n = 33 | P V-OMN | OMN n = 29 | P FX-OMN | P overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
\({\varvec{n}}(\boldsymbol{\%})/\widetilde{{\varvec{x}}}({\varvec{I}}{\varvec{Q}}{\varvec{R}})\) | \({\varvec{n}}(\boldsymbol{\%})/\widetilde{{\varvec{x}}}({\varvec{I}}{\varvec{Q}}{\varvec{R}})\) | \({\varvec{n}}(\boldsymbol{\%})/\widetilde{{\varvec{x}}}({\varvec{I}}{\varvec{Q}}{\varvec{R}})\) | |||||
25(OH)D [nmol/L] | 46.6 (33.0–65.4) | n.s | 55.6 (45.6–75.3) | n.s | 59.6 (46.4–70.3) | n.s | 0.172a |
 Desirable [≥ 75 nmol/L], n (%) | 6 (19) | n.s | 9 (27) | n.s | 6 (21) | n.s | 0.461b |
 Sufficient [50–74.9 nmol/L], n (%) | 9 (28) | n.s | 13 (39) | n.s | 15 (52) | n.s | 0.603b |
 Insufficient [25–49.9 nmol/L], n (%) | 13 (40) | n.s | 10 (30) | n.s | 5 (17) | n.s | 0.495b |
 Deficient [< 25 nmol/L], n (%) | 4 (13) | n.s | 1 (4) | n.s | 3 (10) | n.s | 0.313b |
25(OH)D [nmol/L] | |||||||
 SU | 57.6 (37.9–78.6) | n.s | 60.9 (46.1–83.1) | n.s | 64.1 (51.1–67.8) | n.s | 0.779a |
 Non-SU | 44.8 (32.7–64.1) | n.s | 48.8 (45.1–55.9) | n.s | 56.2 (45.1–73.1) | n.s | 0.360c |
PTH (pg/ml) | |||||||
 Total | 31.5 (26.5–40.5) | 0.026 | 36.9 (33.6–50.2) | 0.015 | 30.6 (26.3–38.7) | 1.000 | 0.007a |
 f | 31.5 (28.4–42.5) | n.s | 42.9 (33.6–50.7) | n.s | 32.1 (29.1–38.7) | n.s | 0.102a |
 m | 31.9 (25.9–35.9) | n.s | 36.6 (31–8-46.2) | n.s | 28.3 (26.1–39.2) | n.s | 0.074c |