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. 2009 Nov 13;4(11):e7747. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007747

Table 1. Characteristics of the twins as a function of season.

Total (n = 204) Summer season (n = 148) Winter season (n = 56)
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
S-25-hydroxyvitamin D2+3 (nmol/L) 84.8 (27.4) 91.2 (26.2) 67.2 (22.8)
S-25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (nmol/L) 83.3 (27.4) 89.6 (26.3) 65.9 (22.8)
S-1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (pmol/L) 117.4 (43.5) 123.8 (45.2) 99.7 (32.7)
Age (years) 57.5 (9.7) 56.3 (7.1) 60.6 (14.3)
Weight (kg) 74.0 (12.2) 75.0 (12.5) 71.0 (10.7)
Height (cm) 170.5 (9.7) 171.6 (9.6) 167.5 (9.4)
Body mass index (kg/m2) 25.4 (3.2) 25.4 (3.1) 25.3 (3.4)
P-PTH (pmol/L) 1.9 (0.9) 2.0 (1.0) 1.9 (0.9)