Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the biochemical parameters of 7 subadult brown bears in Sweden in 2010 during hibernation in the winter and the active state in the summer and comparisons of hibernation and active state values.

Parameter	Hibernation	Summer	Two-tailed p value (2 p)
ICTP (µg/l)	24.3±2.0	27.2±2.1	0.09
CTX-I (µg/l)	1.7±0.2	2.1±0.2	0.13
Osteocalcin (µg/l)	27.7±2.9	51.2±3.6	0.02
PIIINP (µg/l)	16.4±2.8	67.3±19.9	0.02
25OHD (nmol/l)	63.0±9.1	41.5±3.9	0.09
25OHD2 (nmol/l)	54.2±8.3	18.7±1.7	0.02
25OHD3 (nmol/l)	8.8±2.1	22.8±4.6	0.03
1,25(OH)2D (pmol/l)	88.6±3.3	192.5±59.0	0.07
PTH (pmol/l)	3.9±0.6	4.4±0.7	0.50
Total calcium (mmol/l)	2.39±0.02	2.41±0.04	0.29

Figures are mean±SEM.

Comparisons are made by the Wilcoxon test for paired samples.