Table 2.

Mean change and difference in HbA1c, total cholesterol, LDL-C, HDL-C, triglycerides, 25-OH-vitamin D, TNF-α, hsCRP, comparing baseline to 6 months for placebo and supplement groups

	HbA1c%	TC (mg/dL)	LDL-C (mg/dL)	HDL-C (mg/dL)	TGs (mg/dL)	25-OH-D (ng/mL)	TNF-α (pg/mL)	hsCRP (mg/L)
Mean change and SD for placebo group	+0.1±0.4	+0.39±13.13	+0.82±10.15	−1.61±5.31	+2.39±11.56	+0.61±7.21	+0.56±2.79	−0.28±1.83
Mean change and SD for DiVFuSS group	−0.1±0.4	−8.33±23.40	−7.61±16.08	+3.82±6.24	−10.46±28.48	+4.54±5.93	+0.78±5.04	−2.14±3.
Mean difference between placebo and DiVFuSS groups	0.2±0.5	8.73±19.79	8.44±13.93,	5.43±5.87	12.85±23.01	3.93±6.49	0.22±4.08	1.86±3.05
95% p values	0.06	0.06	0.01	0.0004	0.01	0.02	0.88	0.01

25-OH-D, 25-OH-vitamin D; DiVFuSS, Diabetes Visual Function Supplement Study; HbA1c, glycohaemoglobin; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C reactive protein; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; TGs, triglycerides; TNF-α, tumour necrosis factor-α.