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Table 1 Characteristics of participants according to sex and serum 25(OH)D concentrations

From: Sex-specific relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and antinuclear antibodies in U.S. adults, NHANES 2001–2004

Serum 25(OH)D concentrations (ng/mL)

Characteristic

Total

Male (1414, 51.29%)

P-value

Female (1343, 48.71%)

P-value

  

< 10

10-19.9

20-29.9

≥ 30

< 10

10-19.9

20-29.9

≥ 30

Age

43.99 ± 21.88

43.89 ± 21.58

42.47 ± 21.89

42.58 ± 21.93

47.73 ± 21.82

0.012

41.33 ± 19.86

43.76 ± 22.25

46.06 ± 22.23

44.73 ± 20.84

0.109

Age

     

0.167

    

< 0.001

 < 20

532 (19.30%)

15 (19.74%)

103 (21.78%)

132 (20.92%)

32 (13.68%)

 

27 (19.85%)

103 (22.10%)

94 (18.36%)

26 (11.35%)

 

 20–49

1120 (40.62%)

32 (42.11%)

195 (41.23%)

259 (41.05%)

95 (40.60%)

 

67 (49.26%)

176 (37.77%)

184 (35.94%)

112 (48.91%)

 

 ≥ 50

1105 (40.08%)

29 (38.16%)

175 (37.00%)

240 (38.03%)

107 (45.73%)

 

42 (30.88%)

187 (40.13%)

234 (45.70%)

91 (39.74%)

 

Race

     

< 0.001

    

< 0.001

Mexican American

595 (21.58%)

12 (15.79%)

129 (27.27%)

140 (22.19%)

27 (11.54%)

 

20 (14.71%)

135 (28.97%)

110 (21.48%)

22 (9.61%)

 

Other Hispanic

98 (3.55%)

0 (0.00%)

17 (3.59%)

30 (4.75%)

5 (2.14%)

 

5 (3.68%)

19 (4.08%)

19 (3.71%)

3 (1.31%)

 

Non-Hispanic White

1363 (49.44%)

10 (13.16%)

151 (31.92%)

348 (55.15%)

187 (79.91%)

 

17 (12.50%)

141 (30.26%)

312 (60.94%)

197 (86.03%)

 

Non-Hispanic Black

594 (21.55%)

50 (65.79%)

160 (33.83%)

83 (13.15%)

9 (3.85%)

 

92 (67.65%)

137 (29.40%)

57 (11.13%)

6 (2.62%)

 

Other Race

107 (3.88%)

4 (5.26%)

16 (3.38%)

30 (4.75%)

6 (2.56%)

 

2 (1.47%)

34 (7.30%)

14 (2.73%)

1 (0.44%)

 

Birth place

     

< 0.001

    

< 0.001

US

2225 (80.70%)

67 (88.16%)

362 (76.53%)

493 (78.13%)

210 (89.74%)

 

119 (87.50%)

347 (74.46%)

410 (80.08%)

217 (94.76%)

 

Another country

532 (19.30%)

9 (11.84%)

111 (23.47%)

138 (21.87%)

24 (10.26%)

 

17 (12.50%)

119 (25.54%)

102 (19.92%)

12 (5.24%)

 

Citizenship status

     

0.010

    

< 0.001

US citizen

2422 (87.85%)

72 (94.74%)

401 (84.78%)

546 (86.53%)

215 (91.88%)

 

126 (92.65%)

386 (82.83%)

452 (88.28%)

224 (97.82%)

 

Other

335 (12.15%)

4 (5.26%)

72 (15.22%)

85 (13.47%)

19 (8.12%)

 

10 (7.35%)

80 (17.17%)

60 (11.72%)

5 (2.18%)

 

Household number

     

0.332

    

< 0.001

1–3

1571 (56.98%)

46 (60.53%)

250 (52.85%)

362 (57.37%)

146 (62.39%)

 

69 (50.74%)

233 (50.00%)

322 (62.89%)

143 (62.45%)

 

4–5

804 (29.16%)

19 (25.00%)

150 (31.71%)

179 (28.37%)

61 (26.07%)

 

43 (31.62%)

144 (30.90%)

137 (26.76%)

71 (31.00%)

 

6+

382 (13.86%)

11 (14.47%)

73 (15.43%)

90 (14.26%)

27 (11.54%)

 

24 (17.65%)

89 (19.10%)

53 (10.35%)

15 (6.55%)

 

Smoking status

     

0.029

    

< 0.001

None

1154 (41.86%)

18 (23.68%)

160 (33.83%)

236 (37.40%)

84 (35.90%)

 

46 (33.82%)

224 (48.07%)

277 (54.10%)

109 (47.60%)

 

second-hand

941 (34.13%)

28 (36.84%)

176 (37.21%)

240 (38.03%)

74 (31.62%)

 

45 (33.09%)

164 (35.19%)

145 (28.32%)

69 (30.13%)

 

active

662 (24.01%)

30 (39.47%)

137 (28.96%)

155 (24.56%)

76 (32.48%)

 

45 (33.09%)

78 (16.74%)

90 (17.58%)

51 (22.27%)

 

RA

112 (4.06%)

4 (5.26%)

8 (1.69%)

19 (3.01%)

10 (4.27%)

0.135

14 (10.29%)

27 (5.79%)

27 (5.27%)

3 (1.31%)

0.003

Take prescribed medicine

278 (10.08%)

4 (5.26%)

52 (10.99%)

62 (9.83%)

35 (14.96%)

0.065

12 (8.82%)

37 (7.94%)

54 (10.55%)

22 (9.61%)

0.567

Kidney disease

64 (2.32%)

5 (6.58%)

16 (3.38%)

10 (1.58%)

2 (0.85%)

0.007

5 (3.68%)

12 (2.58%)

13 (2.54%)

1 (0.44%)

0.175

ANA

     

< 0.001

    

0.828

 negative

2332 (84.58%)

54 (71.05%)

418 (88.37%)

558 (88.43%)

211 (90.17%)

 

108 (79.41%)

380 (81.55%)

413 (80.66%)

190 (82.97%)

 

 positive

425 (15.42%)

22 (28.95%)

55 (11.63%)

73 (11.57%)

23 (9.83%)

 

28 (20.59%)

86 (18.45%)

99 (19.34%)

39 (17.03%)

 

ANA patterns

           

 Nuclear patterns

     

< 0.001

    

0.972

 negative

2404 (87.20%)

57 (75.00%)

431 (91.12%)

566 (89.70%)

216 (92.31%)

 

114 (83.82%)

396 (84.98%)

430 (83.98%)

194 (84.72%)

 

 positive

353 (12.80%)

19 (25.00%)

42 (8.88%)

65 (10.30%)

18 (7.69%)

 

22 (16.18%)

70 (15.02%)

82 (16.02%)

35 (15.28%)

 

 Cytoplasm patterns

     

0.256

    

0.776

 negative

2657 (96.37%)

71 (93.42%)

458 (96.83%)

615 (97.46%)

228 (97.44%)

 

130 (95.59%)

444 (95.28%)

489 (95.51%)

222 (96.94%)

 

 positive

100 (3.63%)

5 (6.58%)

15 (3.17%)

16 (2.54%)

6 (2.56%)

 

6 (4.41%)

22 (4.72%)

23 (4.49%)

7 (3.06%)

 

Nuclear patterns subgroup

           

 Speckles

     

< 0.001

    

0.912

 negative

2454 (89.01%)

59 (77.63%)

434 (91.75%)

576 (91.28%)

218 (93.16%)

 

120 (88.24%)

404 (86.70%)

442 (86.33%)

201 (87.77%)

 

 positive

303 (10.99%)

17 (22.37%)

39 (8.25%)

55 (8.72%)

16 (6.84%)

 

16 (11.76%)

62 (13.30%)

70 (13.67%)

28 (12.23%)

 

 Homogenous

     

0.016

    

0.337

 negative

2751 (99.78%)

75 (98.68%)

473 (100.00%)

631 (100.00%)

233 (99.57%)

 

136 (100.00%)

466 (100.00%)

509 (99.41%)

228 (99.56%)

 

 positive

6 (0.22%)

1 (1.32%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

1 (0.43%)

 

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

3 (0.59%)

1 (0.44%)

 

 Nucleolar

     

0.205

    

0.374

 negative

2732 (99.09%)

75 (98.68%)

472 (99.79%)

623 (98.73%)

233 (99.57%)

 

134 (98.53%)

463 (99.36%)

504 (98.44%)

228 (99.56%)

 

 positive

25 (0.91%)

1 (1.32%)

1 (0.21%)

8 (1.27%)

1 (0.43%)

 

2 (1.47%)

3 (0.64%)

8 (1.56%)

1 (0.44%)

 

Titer

     

0.374

    

0.127

1:80

1 (0.24%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

1 (3.57%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

1:160

5 (1.18%)

1 (4.55%)

2 (3.64%)

1 (1.37%)

1 (4.35%)

 

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

1:320

100 (23.53%)

8 (36.36%)

19 (34.55%)

25 (34.25%)

13 (56.52%)

 

7 (25.00%)

11 (12.79%)

13 (13.13%)

4 (10.26%)

 

1:640

123 (28.94%)

9 (40.91%)

16 (29.09%)

21 (28.77%)

2 (8.70%)

 

6 (21.43%)

22 (25.58%)

33 (33.33%)

14 (35.90%)

 

1:1280

196 (46.12%)

4 (18.18%)

18 (32.73%)

26 (35.62%)

7 (30.43%)

 

14 (50.00%)

53 (61.63%)

53 (53.54%)

21 (53.85%)

 

DFS-70

     

0.615

    

0.092

 negative

2685 (97.39%)

74 (97.37%)

466 (98.52%)

625 (99.05%)

231 (98.72%)

 

135 (99.26%)

448 (96.14%)

491 (95.90%)

215 (93.89%)

 

 positive

72 (2.61%)

2 (2.63%)

7 (1.48%)

6 (0.95%)

3 (1.28%)

 

1 (0.74%)

18 (3.86%)

21 (4.10%)

14 (6.11%)