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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Intern Med. 2019 Jul 29;286(6):651–659. doi: 10.1111/joim.12950

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

Older women Younger women

Caucasian (n=140) African American (n=88) Caucasian (n=91) African American (n=39)
Age (years) 66.9 (7.4) 66.7 (7.4) 38.3 (5.1) 35.4 (6.3)**
BMI (kg/m2) 30.5 (6.0) 32.6 (7.3) ^^ 29.0 (6.2) 31.4 (5.8)*
Serum 25 OHD (nmol/L) 50.9 (13.2) 47.5 (14.1) ^ 55.7 (13.8) 35.8 (10.3)**
Free 25OHD (nmol/L) 9.21 (2.88) 8.81 (3.20) 11.82 (3.32) 9.24 (2.90)*
%Free 25D/total 25OHD 0.019 (0.004) 0.018 (0.005) 0.021 (0.004) 0.025 (0.005)**
Serum 1,25 (OH)2D (nmol/L) 109.0 (36.9) 105.9 (32.0) 113.9 (40.7) 131.4 (47.1)*
Serum PTH (pg/ml) 36.9 (13.6) 43.8 (20.3) ^^ 33.5 (10.3) 43.2 (17.1)**
Dietary vitamin D intake (IU/day) 118.7 (76.9) 113.4 (89.0) 109.8 (68.5) 95.7 (79.8)
Dietary calcium intake (mg/day) 694.0 (225.8) 555.9 (226.4)^^ 789.0 (265.1) 502.4 (164.8)**

Table contains Means (Standard Deviations)

Dietary vitamin D intake only available for Omaha site

^

p<0.05

^^

p<0.001 comparing by race in older women

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.001 comparing by race in younger women