Table 4

Correlation coefficients between calcium, vitamin D and obesity-related phenotypes at baseline (n = 870)

BMI

TrF

TrL

PTrF


Calcium

Dietary Ca Intake

-0.054

-0.054

-0.016

-0.065

Habitual Ca Suppl.

-0.120**

-0.146**

-0.085*

-0.146**

Total Ca Intake

-0.119**

-0.136**

-0.068*

-0.145**


Vitamin D

Habitual Vit D Suppl.

-0.065

-0.071*

-0.029

-0.093**

Serum 25(OH)D

-0.260**

-0.294**

-0.179**

-0.281**


Note: *: P < 0.05; **: P < 0.01.

BMI: body mass index; TrF: trunk fat; TrL: trunk lean; PTrF: percentage of trunk fat.

In the data analysis, the selected subjects in Table 1 were pooled together at baseline. Correlation coefficients were calculated by Pearson correlation.

Zhou et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2010 7:62   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-7-62

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