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. 2014 Dec 15;7(12):5437–5444.

Table 2.

Effects of calcitriol on patients with type 1 diabetes

Calcitriol group Control group


Baseline Month 6 Baseline Month 6
Age (y) 23.95 ± 5.21 24.86 ± 7.01
Sex (male/female) 11/10 4/3
Duration (y) 9.81 ± 3.25 7.86 ± 4.26
ACEI/ARB 6/15 2/5
SBP (mmHg) 107.1 ± 10.63 104.71 ± 9.83* 105.71 ± 10.23 104.57 ± 6.8
DBP (mmHg) 68.9 ± 6.07 67.14 ± 5.85* 67.14 ± 5.61 66.86 ± 2.97
HbA1C (%) 7.88 ± 0.58 7.1 ± 0.5 7.71 ± 0.69 7.31 ± 0.4
AUCC-peptide (nmol/L × 120 min) 35.94 ± 12.3 33.2 ± 9.6 34.67 ± 7.27 31.05 ± 6.6
Daily insulin dose (u) 24.19 ± 5.53 24.57 ± 6.32 26.57 ± 3.6 26.86 ± 4.74
25(OH)D3 (ng/ml) 20.61 ± 4.29 27.16 ± 2.9* 38.48 ± 4.4* 37.16 ± 5.88
PTH (pg/ml) 42.82 ± 1.3 41.68 ± 0.98 39.21 ± 1.67 40.8 ± 1.17
Calcium (mmol/l) 2.17 ± 0.1 2.24 ± 0.11* 2.28 ± 0.08* 2.25 ± 0.08
Phosphorus (mmol/l) 1.22 ± 0.2 1.21 ± 0.18 1.28 ± 0.27 1.23 ± 0.11
hsCRP (mg/L) 1.34 ± 0.34 0.94 ± 0.22* 1.03 ± 0.19* 1.05 ± 0.18
TNF-a (pg/ml) 57.7 ± 10.7 47.09 ± 7.73* 48.84 ± 5.03* 50.07 ± 4.8
IL-6 (pg/ml) 44.04 ± 7.29 39.88 ± 7.86* 37.3 ± 6.99* 38.14 ± 8.01
Urine MCP-1/creatinine (ng/mmol) 99.38 ± 25.29 89.57 ± 21.46* 89.43 ± 30.21 87.43 ± 22.59
Urine TGF-b/creatinine (ng/mmol) 79 ± 28.89 72.33 ± 25.61* 74.43 ± 27.23 76.14 ± 25.47
Urinary albumin excretion (μg/mg) 127.05 ± 84.79 104.81 ± 74.05* 101.96 ± 59.38 102.7 ± 59.8
*

P < 0.05 compared to baseline data of patients with calcitriol.