TABLE 3.

Characteristics of participants after 6 mo of daily supplementation with 800 IU vitamin D or placebo¹

	Treatment arm
	Vitamin D (n = 59)	Placebo (n = 58)
Weight (kg)	44.7 ± 7.7	46.6 ± 9.5
Weight change (kg)	2.0 ± 1.6	1.8 ± 1.6
Height (cm)	154.4 ± 7.8	154.5 ± 8.2
Height change (cm)	2.9 ± 1.62	2.0 ± 1.7
BMI (kg/m2)	18.6 ± 2.2	19.4 ± 2.6
BMI change (kg/m2)	0.2 ± 0.6	0.3 ± 0.7
Midupper arm circumference (cm)	24.3 ± 2.6	24.6 ± 3.0
Midupper arm circumference change (cm)	1.2 ± 1.5	1.1 ± 0.8
Triceps skinfold thickness	12.1 ± 5.4	13.2 ± 5.4
Triceps skinfold thickness change	0.8 ± 2.5	1.2 ± 2.0
Subscapular skinfold thickness	10.5 ± 4.6	11.1 ± 4.4
Subscapular skinfold thickness change	1.0 ± 1.9	1.2 ± 1.8

¹All values are means ± SDs.

²Significantly different from placebo, P = 0.0025 (Student's t test).