Table 2. Baseline and post-intervention concentrations of serum vitamin D3, plasma phosphorus, fasting plasma glucose, serum triglycerides and serum cholesterol for subjects receiving an oral single dose of 300 000 IU vitamin D3. Mean±SD. ^**P<0.01 for repeated measures ANOVA tests. ^#P<0.05, ^##P<0.01 vs d 0 group.

Day	25(OH)D3 (ng/mL)**	Phosphorus (mmol/L)**	Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)**	Triglycerides (mmol/L)**	Cholesterol (mmol/L)**
Day 0	21.0±5.0	1.51±0.31	4.7±0.5	0.99±0.41	4.45±0.80
Day 1	57.7±11.0##	1.81±0.35##	4.7±0.4	0.93±0.48	4.35±0.85
Day 2	67.8±12.1##	1.83±0.37##	4.9±0.4#	0.96±0.44	4.36±0.76
Day 3	71.4±12.9##	2.16±0.33##	4.6±0.4	0.93±0.35	4.39±0.79
Day 7	70.6±11.8##	2.21±0.35##	4.7±0.4	0.96±0.40	4.35±0.84
Day 28	50.8±7.7##	2.23±0.52##	5.0±0.4##	0.92±0.44	4.38±0.74
Day 56	35.4±6.0##	2.03±0.45##	4.6±0.4	0.85±0.29#	4.31±0.75
Day 84	28.0±4.7##	2.06±0.37##	4.8±0.3	0.80±0.30##	4.21±0.71##
Day 112	25.8±4.5##	1.92±0.28##	4.9±0.5	0.79±0.34##	3.99±0.73##