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Vitamin D and Health

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Table 24: Engl<strong>and</strong> – adults 65 years <strong>and</strong> over<br />

<strong>Health</strong> Survey for Engl<strong>and</strong> 2005<br />

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D<br />

(nmol/L)<br />

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

Men<br />

Women<br />

All<br />

65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85+ 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85+ 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85+<br />

Mean 53.3 55.6 51.6 48.6 48.2 52.4 51.7 43.5 44.8 42.3 52.8 53.5 47.1 46.2 44.6<br />

Median 52.5 54.0 47.7 45.0 48.0 49.0 49.0 40.0 43.0 38.0 50.1 51.0 44.0 44.0 41.0<br />

SD 21.4 23.8 23.8 20.0 19.5 23.8 21.7 20.2 19.3 24.0 22.6 22.8 22.2 19.6 22.5<br />

Upper 2.5 th percentile 101.5 109.0 111.4 95.8 88.7 107.4 98.1 88.0 84.0 116.2 101.9 101.0 102.0 87.6 102.4<br />

Lower 2.5 th percentile 17.0 14.7 14.6 18.0 11.9 15.9 17.0 12.0 13.0 11.0 16.0 16.0 13.0 15.0 11.3<br />

% below 25 nmol/L<br />

% below 15 nmol/L<br />

8 8 12 7 8 7 11 19 16 22 7 9 16 13 17<br />

2 2 2 0 3 2 1 4 3 8 2 1 3 2 6<br />

Bases (unweighted) 295 240 185 113 74 316 278 240 205 119 610 518 425 318 193<br />

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