Table 1.
Anthropometric and biochemical parameters of three groups of subjects investigated.
| Controls (n = 9) |
25,000 I.U. (n = 8) |
600,000 I.U. (n = 9) |
p Values | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 70.4 ± 17.1 | 75.9 ± 10.6 | 75.2 ± 9.7 | 0.63 |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 25.4 ± 5.2 | 26.2 ± 2.0 | 24.4 ± 4.6 | 0.90 |
| Ca++ (mmol/L) | 1.21 ± 0.08 | 1.24 ± 0.04 | 1.24 ± 0.03 | 0.50 |
| 25(OH)D (ng/mL) | 11.5 ± 8.6 | 12.2 ± 8.8 | 16.55 ± 13.1 | 0.50 |
| 1,25(OH)2D (pg/mL) | 34.8 ± 12.6 | 27.8 ± 11.3 | 39.8 ± 13.55 | 0.13 |
| 24,25(OH)2D (ng/mL) | 0.50 ± 0.45 | 0.72 ± 0.76 | 0.72 ± 0.75 | 0.91 |
| PTH (pg/mL) | 55.2 ± 36.0 | 74.0 ± 57.7 | 45.0 ± 13.1 | 0.25 |
| FGF23 (ng/mL) | 40.0 ± 13.8 | 39.7 ± 26.9 | 48.2 ± 18.7 | 0.59 |
| 1,25(OH)2D/25(OH)D | 0.004 ± 0.001 | 0.002 ± 0.001 | 0.003 ± 0.001 | 0.21 |
| 1,25(OH)2D/24,25(OH)2D | 0.14 ± 0.12 | 0.16 ± 0.20 | 0.13 ± 0.10 | 0.60 |
| 24,25(OH)2D/25(OH)D | 0.06 ± 0.08 | 0.11 ± 0.12 | 0.04 ± 0.03 | 0.31 |