Table 1.

Effects of VitD deprivation in utero and into young adulthood on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and Ca²⁺, body mass, mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate in 7- to 8-week-old rats

	Males			Females
	Control fed	Vit D deplete	P	Control fed	Vit D deplete	P
Serum 25OH-D (nmol l-1)	120 ± 7	13 ± 1	<0.001	138 ± 14	10 ± 1	<0.001
Serum Ca2+ (mmol l−1)	2.29 ± 0.06	2.19 ± 0.10	0.7	2.36 ± 0.05	2.29 ± 0.07	0.3
MAP (mmHg)	104 ± 1	115 ± 2	0.001	102 ± 2	122 ± 2	<0.001
Heart rate (beats min−1)	378 ± 6	418 ± 8	0.002	394 ± 5	415 ± 5	0.02

For males, n = 13 for control fed and n = 12 for VitD deplete; for females, n = 8 and 13 for control fed and VitD deplete, respectively. Values are given as means ± SEM. Vit D, vitamin D; MAP, mean arterial pressure; 25OH-D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D.