Research Article
Maternal-Cord Blood Vitamin D Correlations Vary by Maternal Levels
Table 4
Characteristics of children with 25(OH)D levels above and below the lowest detectable limit.
| | Child’s level below lowest detectable limit
| Child’s level not below lowest detectable limit
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| Baby is Black | 88.3% | 67.4% | <0.05 | Winter birth | 23.3% | 16.6 | 0.24 | C-section delivery | 40% | 35.4% | 0.52 | Child is firstborn | 6.7% | 22.7% | <0.05 | Mother is atopic | 50.9% | 65.1% | 0.05 |
| Birthweight (in grams) | 3397 (711) | 3370 (608) | 0.85 | Gestational age (weeks) | 38.9 (1.5) | 38.7 (2.0) | 0.87 | Prenatal level (ng/mL) | 14.0 (8.7) | 26.8 (11.0) | <0.05 |
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Winter is defined as December, January, or February. for Chi-square (categorical) or Wilcoxon Rank Sum test (continuous).
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