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Table 2 Vitamin D levels among study participants (n = 290)

From: Vitamin D deficiency among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients and their tuberculosis negative household contacts in Northwest Ethiopia: a case–control study

Characteristics

Vitamin D levels

Total

N

Deficient (<20 ng/ml)

N (%)

Insufficient (20–29 ng/ml)

N (%)

Sufficient (30–100 ng/ml)

N (%)

Total

134 (46.2)

100 (34.5)

56 (19.3)

290

TB status

 Positive

59 (61.5)

20 (20.8)

17 (17.7)

96

 Negative

75 (38.7)

80 (41.2)

39 (20.1)

194

Gender

 Male

56 (39.7)

49 (34.8)

36 (25.5)

141

 Female

78 (52.3)

51 (34.2)

20 (13.4)

149

Residence

 Rural

36 (32.7)

42 (38.2)

32 (29.1)

110

 Urban

98 (54.4)

58 (32.2)

24 (13.3)

180

Age group

 <15

25 (30.9)

37 (45.7)

19 (23.5)

81

 15–24

22 (36.7)

21 (35.0)

17 (28.3)

60

 25–34

32 (50.8)

19 (30.2)

12 (19.0)

63

 35–44

20 (54.1)

14 (37.8)

3 (8.1)

37

 45–54

15 (65.2)

5 (21.7)

3 (13.0)

23

 55+

20 (76.9)

4 (15.4)

2 (7.7)

26

  1. N number, TB tuberculosis