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. 2017 Mar 10;8(3):185–195. doi: 10.1007/s12672-017-0290-9

Table 2.

Metabolic profiles, biomarkers of inflammation, and oxidative stress at baseline and after the 12-week intervention in women with endometrial hyperplasia that received either vitamin D supplements or placebo

Placebo group (n = 30) Vitamin D group (n = 30) P b
Ideal levels Wk0 Wk12 Change P a Wk0 Wk12 Change P a
HOMA-B ND 30.2 ± 12.9 33.6 ± 14.5 3.3 ± 13.4 0.18 29.7 ± 17.6 27.9 ± 17.5 −1.8 ± 6.9 0.16 0.06
Triglycerides (mg/dL) <150 128.6 ± 79.9 135.0 ± 74.5 6.4 ± 22.3 0.12 129.8 ± 60.2 137.2 ± 67.0 7.4 ± 66.0 0.54 0.94
VLDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) <30 25.7 ± 16.0 27.0 ± 14.9 1.3 ± 4.5 0.12 26.0 ± 12.0 27.4 ± 13.4 1.4 ± 13.2 0.54 0.94
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) <200 186.4 ± 35.2 192.2 ± 36.5 5.8 ± 26.3 0.23 188.0 ± 36.8 192.2 ± 34.9 4.2 ± 21.3 0.28 0.80
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) <130 115.3 ± 34.4 118.2 ± 34.2 2.9 ± 25.5 0.53 113.9 ± 37.3 115.2 ± 34.2 1.2 ± 20.9 0.76 0.77
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) >50 45.4 ± 8.9 46.9 ± 11.3 1.5 ± 5.9 0.16 48.1 ± 10.0 49.6 ± 11.1 1.5 ± 5.0 0.11 0.96
NO (μmol/L) ND 41.0 ± 4.7 41.5 ± 4.5 0.5 ± 3.7 0.50 39.4 ± 3.2 40.9 ± 3.4 1.5 ± 3.9 0.04 0.31
GSH (μmol/L) ND 543.4 ± 61.4 547.3 ± 65.2 3.9 ± 74.3 0.77 561.5 ± 48.1 578.5 ± 73.0 26.0 ± 87.7 0.11 0.29
MDA (μmol/L) ND 2.4 ± 0.3 2.3 ± 0.3 −0.1 ± 0.3 0.71 2.3 ± 0.3 2.2 ± 0.2 −0.1 ± 0.3 0.56 0.89

Data are means ± SDs

aObtained from paired-samples t tests

bObtained from repeated measures ANOVA test

GSH total glutathione, HOMA-B homeostasis model of assessment-estimated b cell function, MDA malondialdehyde, NO nitric oxide, ND not determined