Table 2.

Indices of cholesterol status by tertiles of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (P-25OHD) levels at baseline (mean ± SD).

	P-total cholesterol	P-HDL cholesterol	P-LDL cholesterol	P-triglycerides
	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)
Tertile of P-25OHD levels
(1) (<58 nmol/L)	6.4 ± 1.1	1.7 ± 0.4	4.4 ± 1.0	1.3 ± 0.6
(2) (58–80 nmol/L)	6.6 ± 0.8	2.0 ± 0.6	4.1 ± 0.8	1.3 ± 0.5
(3) (>80 nmol/L)	6.6 ± 1.1	2.0 ± 0.5*	4.1 ± 1.0	1.0 ± 0.5*
p-trend	0.52	0.06	0.98	<0.01

*P < .05 compared with lowest tertile by post-hoc test.