trending toward significancep = 0.074
Tanned skin colour was trending toward significance with serum 25(OH)D concentrations, F (1, 43) = 3.344, p = 0.074.
Tanned skin colour was trending toward significance with serum 25(OH)D concentrations, F (1, 43) = 3.344, p = 0.074.
A trend towards significance was seen between tanned skin colour (ITAF score) and serum 25(OH)D concentrations.
There are several studies in morbidly obese individuals that found a significant [ 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 ] or borderline significant [ 62 , 63 ] inverse relationship between BMI and 25(OH)D concentrations, with small to large effect sizes.