Table 4 Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency according to the depression status of study population: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey¹
| Depression variables |
Total (n) |
Vitamin D Deficiency 2 % (n) |
Vitamin D insufficiency 3 % (n) |
Vitamin D sufficiency 4 % (n) | P-Value 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person had a major depression (n = 7877) | 0.86 | ||||
| Yes | 622 | 19.3 (215) | 29.0 (191) | 51.7 (216) | |
| No | 7255 | 19.6 (2453) | 30.6 (2458) | 49.8 (2344) | |
| Person had depression longer >2 y (n = 7970) | 0.039 | ||||
| Yes | 948 | 24.7 (379) | 29.6 (310) | 45.7 (259) | |
| No | 7022 | 19.1 (2322) | 30.5 (2369) | 50.4 (2331) | |
| Person having depression currently (n = 1221) | 0.003 | ||||
| Yes | 322 | 27.4 (138) | 22.9 (99) | 49.7 (95) | |
| No | 889 | 14.5 (276) | 32.6 (285) | 52.9 (328) | |