Table 3: Service Member age, vitamin D concentrations, lipid concentrations, and BMI according to gender

	Male	Female	p-value
Age (years)	46.81 ± 15.31	41.41 ± 13.20	< 0.001
25(OH)D (ng/ml)	28.81 ± 11.50	28.65 ± 13.16	0.768
BMI (kg/m^2)^*	29.32 ± 4.01	26.14 ± 3.59	< 0.001
TC (mg/dl)	189.17 ± 42.25	188.65 ± 39.67	0.789
LDL-C (mg/dl)	112.17 ± 37.64	105.01 ± 35.14	< 0.001
HDL-C (mg/dl)	50.30 ± 14.51	65.72 ± 17.04	< 0.001
TG (mg/dl)	134.80 ± 92.57	91.34 ± 51.60	< 0.001

^*BMI only available for 1,350 of the active duty service members. 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxycholecalciferol; BMI, Body Mass Index;

TC, Total Cholesterol; LDL-C, Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; HDL-C, High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; TG, Triglycerides