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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2011 Sep;18(9):994–1000. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318212539d

TABLE 1.

Actual and percentage changes in lipid profiles after 6 months of a high-fat diet

Low vitamin Da
 High vitamin Da
Lipid parameter Actual change % change Actual change % change
TPC, mg/dL 117.9 45.9 92.7 35.3
TG, mg/dL −5.5 −10.6 −3.3 −7.7
HDL-C, mg/dL −9.8 −17.1 −7.3 −12.1
Non–HDL-C, mg/dL 127.7 63.9 100 49.3
TPC/HDL-C ratio 4.3 87.9 2.9 61.6

TPC, total plasma cholesterol; TG, plasma triglyceride; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; non–HDL-C, low-density and very–low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

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Low vitamin D is defined as a plasma vitamin D3 concentration less than the median (48 ng/mL), whereas high vitamin D is defined as a plasma vitamin D3 concentration greater than or equal to the median.