Table 2:
Comparison of 5 weeks’ intervention before and after in vitamin D3 and placebo groups
| Variables | Vitamin D3 |
Placebo |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | P | Before | After | P | |
| Measurements factors | ||||||
| BMI | 27.13±3.33 | 27.31±3.06 | 0.377 | 26.41±2.78 | 26.69±2.67 | 0.216 |
| Waist (cm) | 99.81±7.73 | 99.84±7.17 | 0.941 | 98.06±7.98 | 98.32±7.63 | 0.492 |
| Laboratory factors | ||||||
| TC (mg/dl) | 143.31±39.04 | 138.12±41.20 | 0.298 | 153.28±46.25 | 146.94±37.66 | 0.378 |
| TG (mg/dl) | 167.19±71.84 | 135.81±59.45 | 0.008** | 167.67±95.90 | 136.78±86.33 | 0.110 |
| HDL (mg/dl) | 36.25±10.11 | 39.44±10.0 | 0.048** | 36.22±10.81 | 40.61±8.89 | 0.007** |
| LDL (mg/dl) | 72.13±22.31 | 70.56±23.27 | 0.718 | 82.39±30.28 | 78.94±28.41 | 0.445 |
| 25(OH) Vitamin D (ng/ml) | 16.82±6.35 | 35.49±12.80 | <0.001** | 19.15±7.16 | 21.91±7.43 | 0.183 |
| FBS (mg/dl) | 100.19±16.19 | 103.69±15.93 | 0.510 | 112.94±32.94 | 107.72±29.48 | 0.363 |
| AST | 22.19±6.61 | 21.47±4.98 | 0.585 | 25.94±13.31 | 22.50±12.48 | 0.102 |
| ALT | 28.19±11.99 | 23.99±8.55 | 0.272 | 41.94±26.47 | 27.11±18.08 | 0.05** |
| CRP | 2.36±2.99 | 2.60±4.33 | 0.859 | 2.32±2.47 | 2.36±1.44 | 0.949 |
**P<0.05 considered as statistically significant