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Vitamin D and Health

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Table 22: Northern Irel<strong>and</strong> - adults <strong>and</strong> older children by age <strong>and</strong> sex (11 years <strong>and</strong> over)<br />

2008/09-2011/12 Northern Irel<strong>and</strong><br />

Sex <strong>and</strong> age group (years)<br />

Boys Men Girls Women Total<br />

Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (nmol/L) 11-18 19-64 11-18 19-64 11-18 19-64 65+<br />

Mean [38.5] 36.8 38.7 42.3 38.6 39.4 [45.1]<br />

Median [37.6] 31.4 35.4 34.5 35.4 33.1 [46.6]<br />

SD [20.04] 19.34 21.78 27.24 20.82 23.57 [19.21]<br />

Upper 2.5 th percentile [90.1] 82.6 93.3 113.0 93.3 97.7 [74.0]<br />

Lower 2.5 th percentile [11.5] 12.0 14.1 10.6 11.8 11.7 [7.1]<br />

% below 25 nmol/L [24.8] 35.6 34.5 33.0 29.5 34.3 [18.7]<br />

Bases (unweighted) [41] 98 51 121 92 219 [34]<br />

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