Table 3 Associations between vitamin D status and the metabolic syndrome in employees of a private Lebanese university
Vitamin D Status as defined by the Institute of Medicine (Inadequate: <  20 ng/mL; Adequate: ≥ 20 ng/mL) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Total (n = 268)a | Men (n = 142) | Women (n = 126) | ||||||
Vitamin D Status | Adequate | Inadequate | P value | Adequate | Inadequate | P value | Adequate | Inadequate | P value |
|  | mean ± SD or n(%) |  | mean ± SD or n(%) |  | mean ± SD or n(%) |  | |||
MetS1 status | Â | Â | 0.010 | Â | Â | 0.174 | Â | Â | 0.021 |
 No | 135 (66.5%) | 68 (33.5%) |  | 60 (65.2%) | 32 (34.8%) |  | 75 (67.6%) | 36 (32.4%) |  |
 Yes | 31 (47.7%) | 34 (52.3%) |  | 26 (52.0) | 24 (48.0%) |  | 5 (33.3%) | 10 (66.7%) |  |
Waist circumference risky (cm) | Â | Â | 0.139 | Â | Â | 0.606 | Â | Â | 0.153 |
 No2 | 90 (66.7%) | 45 (33.3%) |  | 45 (63.4%) | 26 (36.6%) |  | 45 (70.3%) | 19 (29.7%) |  |
 Yes | 76 (57.1%) | 57 (42.9%) |  | 41 (57.7%) | 30 (42.3%) |  | 35 (56.5%) | 27 (43.5%) |  |
Blood pressure (mmHg) | Â | Â | 0.269 | Â | Â | 0.949 | Â | Â | 0.097 |
 Healthy | 133 (63.9%) | 75 (36.1%) |  | 57 (61.3%) | 36 (38.7%) |  | 76 (66.1%) | 39 (33.9%) |  |
 Unhealthy3 | 33 (55.0%) | 27 (45.0%) |  | 29 (59.2%) | 20 (40.8%) |  | 4 (36.4%) | 7 (63.6%) |  |
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) | Â | Â | 0.675 | Â | Â | 0.725 | Â | Â | 1 |
 Normal | 135 (62.8%) | 80 (37.2%) |  | 62 (62.0%) | 38 (38.0%) |  | 73 (63.5%) | 42 (36.5%) |  |
 Impaired4 | 31 (58.5%) | 22 (41.5%) |  | 24 (57.1%) | 18 (42.9%) |  | 7 (63.6%) | 4 (36.4%) |  |
TG levels (mg/dL) | Â | Â | 0.014 | Â | Â | 0.093 | Â | Â | 0.078 |
 Normal TG levels | 120 (67.4%) | 58 (32.6%) |  | 49 (68.1%) | 23 (31.9%) |  | 71 (67.0%) | 35 (33.0%) |  |
 Hypertriglyceridemia5 | 46 (51.1%) | 44 (48.9%) |  | 37 (52.9%) | 33 (47.1%) |  | 9 (45.0%) | 11 (55.0%) |  |
HDL (mg/dL) | Â | Â | 0.146 | Â | Â | 0.782 | Â | Â | 0.074 |
 Normal | 130 (64.7%) | 71 (35.3%) |  | 63 (61.8%) | 39 (38.2%) |  | 67 (67.7%) | 32 (32.3%) |  |
 Low6 | 36 (53.7%) | 31 (46.3%) |  | 23(57.5%) | 17 (42.5%) |  | 13 (48.1%) | 14 (51.9%) |  |