Figure 2.

Vitamin D deficiency did not affect the wet or dry lung weights. Female BALB/c mice (dams) were fed vitamin D‐supplemented (+) or vitamin D‐nonsupplemented (−) diets from 3 weeks of age and used to produce offspring. A subgroup of vitamin D‐deficient offspring was fed a vitamin D‐supplemented diet from 8 weeks of age (^−/+). The wet and dry lung weights relative to total body weight, as well as the ratio of wet‐to‐dry lung weights are shown for all mice at 12 weeks of age (n = 15–17 mice/treatment). Data are shown as mean + SD (P > 0.05 for all comparisons, one‐way ANOVA).