Vitamin D Deficiency in Lebanese Adults: Prevalence and Predictors from a Cross-Sectional Community-Based Study

Table 1

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency based on the Institute of Medicine and Endocrine Society definitions.

	Overall		Men		Women
25OHD	40.4 ± 23.21		37.50 ± 25.88		45.32 ± 16.46
Mean ± SD (nmol/L)
	Institute of Medicine	Endocrine Society	Institute of Medicine	Endocrine Society	Institute of Medicine	Endocrine Society
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Deficient	182 (39.1%)	335 (71.9%)	30 (17.5%)	115 (67.3%)	152 (51.5%)	220 (74.6%)
Insufficient	153 (32.8%)	92 (19.7%)	85 (49.7%)	44 (25.7%)	68 (23.1%)	48 (16.3%)
Sufficient	131 (28.1%)	39 (8.4%)	56 (32.7%)	12 (7.0%)	75 (25.4%)	27 (9.2%)

Deficient (<30 nmol/L); insufficient (30–50 nmol/L); sufficient (>50 nmol/L). Deficient (<50 nmol/L); insufficient (50–75 nmol/L); sufficient (>75 nmol/L).