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. 2012 Dec 13;2(6):e001663. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001663

Table 3.

Bacterial cultures

Vitamin D3 Placebo Significance
Number of samples per patient (mean, n=62/62) 2.79 4.85 p=0.010*
Number of positive samples per patient (mean, n=62/62) 1.01 2.02 p=0.052*
Fraction positive cultures (%) 63/173 (36%) 125/301 (41%) p=0.28**
Patients with ≥1 sample taken 38/62 (61%) 50/62 (81%) p=0.029**

*Mann-Whitney U test.

**Fisher's exact test.