TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study groups vs. final measurements.
| Parameters | Group A (Vitamin D sufficient) (n = 8) |
P-value | Group B (Vitamin D deficient) (n = 8) |
P-value | ||
| Basal | Final | Basal | Final | |||
| Age (weeks) | 4.57 ± 0.43 | 11.57 ± 0.43 | 0.000 | 4.43 ± 0.43 | 11.43 ± 0.43 | 0.000 |
| Weight (g) | 70.31 ± 5.54 | 261.28 ± 31.25 | 0.000 | 68.09 ± 6.65 | 270.45 ± 26.81 | 0.000 |
| Irisin (ng/ml) | 296.68 ± 58.78 | 424.42 ± 4.90 | 0.000 | 282.96 ± 22.10 | 383.55 ± 30.42 | 0.000 |
| 25OHVD (ng/ml) | 29.75 ± 3.03 | 36.84 ± 7.74 | 0.054 | 30.07 ± 2.82 | 15.88 ± 4.88 | 0.000 |
| Ca (mg/dl) | 9.78 ± 1.06 | 10.23 ± 0.79 | 0.338 | 10.16 ± 0.98 | 7.11 ± 0.98 | 0.001 |
| Insulin (mIU/l) | 7.54 ± 0.75 | 8.41 ± 0.38 | 0.034 | 7.99 ± 1.01 | 11.48 ± 1.55 | 0.000 |
| Glucose (mg/dl) | 83.26 ± 10.81 | 87.61 ± 3.41 | 0.288 | 79.96 ± 9.77 | 58.64 ± 3.58 | 0.000 |
| HOMA-IR | 1.55 ± 0.28 | 1.82 ± 0.10 | 0.026 | 1.57 ± 0.26 | 1.65 ± 0.13 | 0.452 |