TABLE 2.

Fusion outcomes

Rat Chow Diet	0 IU/g Vitamin D deficient D3, ‘DD’ Ca = 0.95%	2.25 IU/gVitamin D insufficient D3, ‘ID’ Ca = 0.95%	5 IU/g Vitamin-D sufficient D3, normal control diet ‘CD’ Ca = 0.95%	40 IU/g Vitamin D hyper-vitamin D3, ‘HD’, Ca= 0.94%	total	P values
Manual Palpation (inclusive, # fused/n)	45.5% (5/11)	58.3% (7/12 )	61.5% (8/13)	83.3% (10/12)		ns
Manual Palpation (# fused/n without infection/wound)	33.3% (3/9)	50.0% (5/10 )	63.6% (7/11)	81.8% (9/11)		p< 0.05*
Rate of Infection (no terminus intervention, resolution without antibiotic)	18% (2/11)	16.7% (2/12)	15.4%(2/13)	8% (1/12)		ns
Type I (minor local abnormality observed only on gross dissection)	0	0	2	1
Type 2 (seroma, superficial wound developed)	2	2	0	0
Death < 1 weekpost surgical, suspected due to perioperative sepsis (blood or other infection, no use of antibiotics postoperatively in any rats)	15.4% (2/13)	--	---	--	4% (2/50)	ns

^*Mantel-Haenszel Chi-Square (1) = 3.7663, p= 0.0523