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Table 3
Mean 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, by racial background, month of blood collection, milk consumption, age group and sex, household population aged 6 to 79 years, Canada, 2007 to 2009

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Age group and sex	Racial background						Month of blood collection						Milk consumption
	White			Other† ‡			April to October			November to March†			More than once a day			Once a day			Less than once a day†
	Average nmol/L	95% confidence interval		Average nmol/L	95% confidence interval		Average nmol/L	95% confidence interval		Average nmol/L	95% confidence interval		Average nmol/L	95% confidence interval		Average nmol/L	95% confidence interval		Average nmol/L	95% confidence interval
	Average nmol/L	from	to	Average nmol/L	from	to	Average nmol/L	from	to	Average nmol/L	from	to	Average nmol/L	from	to	Average nmol/L	from	to	Average nmol/L	from	to
Total 6 to 79 years	71.2*	68.8	73.7	52.3	49.1	55.5	70.0	65.6	74.4	64.1	60.3	67.9	75.0*	72.5	77.5	68.1*	65.3	71.0	62.7	60.5	64.9
Female	73.3*	71.4	75.2	53.0	49.9	56.1	72.0*	68.6	75.4	66.3	63.3	69.3	75.8*	73.9	77.6	69.6*	67.2	72.1	65.9	63.4	68.3
Male	69.1*	65.7	72.6	51.6	47.3	56.0	68.1	62.4	73.7	61.7	56.5	66.9	74.2*	70.6	77.7	66.6*	61.8	71.4	59.7	56.8	62.5
6 to 11 years	78.5*	74.5	82.5	63.3	54.7	71.9	76.1	69.7	82.5	73.0	63.0	83.1	78.5*	74.4	82.6	67.9	61.2	74.7	69.6	61.8	77.3
Female	77.8*	73.0	82.6	56.7	46.0	67.4	74.1	66.7	81.6	71.4	58.7	84.1	77.5	72.4	82.6	64.0	55.0	73.0	70.1	58.9	81.2
Male	79.2	74.8	83.6	69.4	61.8	76.9	77.9	72.2	83.6	74.8	66.3	83.3	79.4*	75.2	83.5	72.3	67.6	76.9	69.0	60.2	77.8
12 to 19 years	72.2*	68.3	76.1	54.8	48.3	61.2	73.5*	67.5	79.4	60.1	53.4	66.9	74.1*	69.0	79.3	68.1*	62.0	74.3	58.9	52.8	65.0
Female	76.9*	73.0	80.8	52.8	45.9	59.7	75.7*	69.9	81.4	62.4	56.8	68.1	77.7*	71.1	84.2	70.0*	63.3	76.8	62.8	56.2	69.3
Male	68.1*	62.9	73.2	56.8	47.4	66.3	71.2*	62.9	79.5	58.3	50.2	66.4	71.5*	65.1	78.0	65.7*	55.9	75.5	55.1	49.0	61.1
20 to 39 years	70.2*	65.7	74.7	47.8	44.2	51.3	69.3*	62.2	76.4	59.6	54.8	64.4	71.3*	65.4	77.3	67.9*	62.8	73.0	58.4	53.9	62.9
Female	75.5*	71.5	79.6	48.9	46.5	51.2	74.3*	67.5	81.1	64.2	59.7	68.8	73.8	68.4	79.2	71.5	65.8	77.1	64.9	58.0	71.8
Male	64.9*	58.4	71.4	46.8	41.2	52.4	65.0	56.0	74.1	54.6	47.8	61.3	68.8*	61.1	76.6	64.5*	57.3	71.7	52.3	47.2	57.3
40 to 59 years	69.6*	67.5	71.8	50.7	44.4	57.0	68.2	64.0	72.4	63.6	59.3	67.8	76.1*	72.8	79.4	66.2	62.6	69.7	63.6	61.2	66.0
Female	69.4*	67.8	71.1	52.4	46.5	58.2	69.2*	66.6	71.8	63.8	60.6	67.1	73.2*	67.2	79.2	66.6	63.5	69.8	65.2	62.4	67.9
Male	69.9*	66.4	73.4	49.4	41.9	57.0	67.3	61.0	73.6	63.2	56.5	69.9	79.5*	75.2	83.7	65.7	59.1	72.3	62.0	58.7	65.3
60 to 79 years	73.1*	70.4	75.8	62.4	54.6	70.2	70.2	66.4	74.0	75.5	72.7	78.3	78.9*	75.5	82.2	72.5*	69.5	75.5	68.8	65.4	72.2
Female	74.1	70.7	77.4	67.0	54.9	79.1	71.1*	66.8	75.4	78.1	74.4	81.9	80.0*	75.3	84.7	73.5	67.1	79.9	69.8	65.9	73.8
Male	72.0*	68.9	75.2	57.2	52.2	62.3	69.2	64.9	73.4	72.9	67.2	78.7	77.2*	69.5	84.9	71.4	67.9	74.9	67.8	64.3	71.3
* significantly different from estimate for reference category of same age and sex † reference category ‡ self-reported racial and cultural background, including Chinese, South Asian, Black, Filipino, Latin American, Southeast Asian, Arab, West Asian, Japanese, Korean, Aboriginal, and Other Source: 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.

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Table 3 Mean 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, by racial background, month of blood collection, milk consumption, age group and sex, household population aged 6 to 79 years, Canada, 2007 to 2009

Table 3
Mean 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, by racial background, month of blood collection, milk consumption, age group and sex, household population aged 6 to 79 years, Canada, 2007 to 2009