Table 6.

Mean ± SE of the biochemical parameters of the two groups at the basal and the two phases of the study

Parameters	Group A (no.= 34 Subjects)			Group B (no.=24 Subjects)
	1stassess-ment	2ndassess-ment	3rdassess-ment	1st assess-ment	2ndassess-ment	3rdassess-ment
25 (OH) D (nmol/L)	51.9 ±2.2	56.2 ±2.3**a	57.6 ±3.3*b	48.1 ±1.7	51.3 ±1.8*a	53.8 ±1.7*b
% change		+8.3**a	+2.5*b	-	+6.7*a	+4.9*b
PTH (pg/ml)	81.2 ±2.8	77.3±2.5**a	80.6 ±2.5	84.2 ±3.2	80.8 ±2.9*a	81.7 ±2.7
% change		-4.8**a	+4.3	-	-4.04	+1.11
BAP (µg/L)	25.4 ±1.3	24.3±1.4	24.4 ±1.4	25.2 ±1.3	23.0 ±1.3*a	23.4 ±1.3
% change		-4.3	+0.4	-	-8.7*a	+1.7
Uric acid (mg/dl)	5.9 ±0.2	5.1 ±0.1**a	4.9 ±0.1	5.6 ±0.2	4.8 ±0.2**a	4.5 ±0.2
% change		-13.6**a	-3.9	-	-14.3**a	-4.2

25 (OH) D: 25 hydroxy vitamin D, PTH: Parathyroid hormone, BAP: Bone specific alkaline phosphatase.

^*P value < 0.05

^**P value < 0.01;

^a1^st assessment vs. 2^nd assessment,

^b2^nd assessment vs. 3^rd assessment.