Predictors of vitamin D deficiency in inflammatory bowel disease and health: A Mississippi perspective

Table 2 Comparison between inflammatory bowel disease and non- inflammatory bowel disease patients n (%)

	Controls	IBD patients	P value
	(n = 98)	(n = 211)
Patients with vitamin D deficiency	56 (57.1)	143 (61.6)	0.0694
Age at vitamin D testing (yr), median (IQR)	60.5 (14.5)	41 (25)	< 0.0001
Female	86 (87.8)	125 (59.2)	< 0.0001
AA	23 (23.9)	91 (43.1)	0.0009
BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR)	29.3 (7.5)	27 (8.9)	0.0438
Patients receiving vitamin D supplementation	Not available	36 (17.06)	Not Applicable

AA: African American; BMI: Body mass index.