Table 3.

The effect of vitamin D supplementation on body weight, food intake, and vitamin D intake in normal diet fed rats

Variable	Groups		P
	Control (n=8)	Vitamin D (n=8)
Baseline body weight (g)#	531.75 (31.44)	531.25 (16/33)	0.969*
Final body weight (g)#	527.87 (54.56)	512.12 (29.74)	0.485*
P**	0.729	0.069
Baseline Food intake (g/day)##	21.10 (20.42-21.32)	20.77 (20.01-21.89)	0.834***
Final Food intake (g/day)##	20. 26 (19.87-21.03)	19.14 (17.89-19.81)	0.005***
P****	0.012	0.012
Baseline Vitamin D intake (IU/day)##	21.10 (20.42-21.32)	20.77 (20.01-21.89)	0.834***
Final Vitamin D intake (IU/day) #	20.52 (0.87)	113.19 (6.70)	0.001*

*Independent-Samples T-Test, **Paired-Samples T Test, ***Mann-Whitney U, ****Wilcoxon, ^#Mean (SD), ^##Median (Q1-Q3)