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. 2018 Mar 26;12:13–19. doi: 10.1016/j.jcte.2018.03.002

Table 1.

Demographics, baseline and follow up outcome variables of study groups.

Variable Baseline
p-value
12-Week
p-value
p-value
p-value
Vitamin D Placebo Between group Vitamin D Placebo Between group Vitamin D
base/12wk
Placebo
base/12wk
Age (years) 15.1 (1.4) 15.3 (1.4) 0.513 n/a n/a
Gender (% female) 86.7 64.3 0.143 n/a n/a
Weight (kg) 101.5 (19.0) 110.5 (26.1) 0.228 n/a n/a
Height (cm) 168.9 (7.9) 168.2 (9.4) 0.974 n/a n/a
BMI (kg/m2) 35.4 (5.1) 38.2 (7.7) 0.211 n/a n/a
HbA1c (%) 5.5 (0.3) 5.6 (0.3) 0.142 n/a n/a
25(OH)D (ng/ml) 12.1 (3.8) 12.4 (3.8) 0.832 32.0 (22.0, 43.0) 13.0 (12.0, 18.0) 0.001 <0.0001 0.126
Fasting insulin (µU/ml) 18.8 (15.5, 37.1) 23.3 (17.4, 40.6) 0.809 23.5 (15.7, 38.1) 23.0 (18.4, 44.4) 0.550 0.747 0.947
Fasting glucose (mg/dl) 82.8 (9.5) 83.4 (8.2) 0.900 84.5 (7.0) 85.3 (9.4) 0.687 0.435 0.567
2 h insulin (µU/ml) 118.9 (52.0, 178.8) 111.5 (44.7, 194.1) 0.892 70.4 (67.3, 110.7) 86.6 (73.0, 108.7) 0.725 0.134 0.609
WBISI (Matsuda Index) 2.0 (1.4, 2.7) 2.4 (1.2, 2.9) 0.574 2.6 (1.3) 2.8 (1.7) 0.744 0.356 0.948
HOMA-IR 5.1 (3.2, 7.4) 4.8 (3.8, 8.5) 0.769 5.2 (2.9, 8.8) 4.6 (3.7, 10.7) 0.471 0.849 0.699
Glucose AUC (mg/dl × 120 min) 104.7 (24.6) 101.5 (16.1) 0.686 105.1 (22.5) 102.5 (18.3) 0.680 0.854 0.977
Insulin AUC (µU/ml × 120 min) 146.9 (96.4, 214.0) 141.1 (72.0, 212.2) 0.977 112.5 (75.2, 145.6) 94.6 (71.1, 181.3) 0.556 0.279 0.542
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) 154.1 (24.3) 155.9 (38.5) 0.978 151.4 (27.5) 144.4 (38.4) 0.469 0.278 0.433
HDL (mg/dl) 46.9 (10.2) 41.9 (11.7) 0.188 44.5 (11.0) 41.4 (12.5) 0.414 0.162 0.791
LDL (mg/dl) 203.3 (56.4) 219.5 (60.0) 0.639 215.3 (44.6) 240.9 (77.6) 0.274 0.531 0.094
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 72.9 (28.6) 79.9 (22.3) 0.434 69.0 (49.0, 73.0) 68.0 (52.0, 98.0) 0.462 0.408 0.950

Data are presented as frequency, mean (SD), or median (interquartile range). Bolded values indicate significant difference between groups (P ≤ 0.05).