Table 5.
Bone heel ultrasound attenuation, velocity of sound, and concentrations of serum vitamin D and parathyroid hormone in subgroup of participants from general practice. Values are means (standard deviations) unless stated otherwise
| Measurement
|
All
|
Men
|
Women
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin D (n=124)
|
Placebo (n=114)
|
P value
|
Vitamin D (n=65)
|
Placebo (n=57)
|
P value
|
Vitamin D (n=59)
|
Placebo (n=57)
|
P value
|
|||
| Age (years) | 76.1 (5.1) | 75.4 (4.1) | 0.20 | 75.7 (5.1) | 75.0 (3.6) | 0.37 | 76.6 (5.1) | 75.7 (4.5) | 0.33 | ||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.4 (4.2) | 26.6 (4.2) | 0.15 | 26.9 (4.0) | 26.2 (3.0) | 0.30 | 28.0 (4.5) | 27.1 (5.1) | 0.28 | ||
| Vitamin D (nmol/l) | 74.3 (20.7) | 53.4 (21.1) | <0.001 | 75.6 (19.0) | 61.0 (21.5) | <0.001 | 72.0 (22.5) | 45.37 (17.6) | <0.001 | ||
| Parathyroid hormone (pmol/l) | 5.2 (2.0) | 5.5 (2.4) | 0.25 | 4.8 (2.0) | 5.0 (2.0) | 0.68 | 5.6 (1.9) | 6.13 (2.6) | 0.25 | ||
| Bone heel ultrasound attenuation (dB/MHz) | 74.4 (21.9) | 72.3 (19.7) | 0.45 | 89.1 (15.4) | 83.5 (16.2) | 0.05 | 57.9 (15.4) | 60.95 (16.3) | 0.30 | ||
| Velocity of sound (m/s) | 1618.1 (41.2) | 1613.6 (38.6) | 0.39 | 1641.1 (32.2) | 1629.2 (34.5) | 0.05 | 1592.4 (34.5) | 1597.7 (36.2) | 0.42 | ||