TABLE 2.
Comparison of the measured parameters between vitamin D-sufficient and -deficient rats.
| Parameters | Group A (Vitamin D sufficient) (n=8) |
Group B (Vitamin D deficient) (n=8) |
P-value |
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
| Ca (mg/dl) | 10.23 ± 0.79 | 7.11 ± 0.98 | 0.000 |
| VO2 (ml/h/kg) | 1203.30 ± 192.75 | 1076.93 ± 159.94 | 0.175 |
| VO2 (ml/h/kg lean body mass) | 890.54 ± 142.68 | 797.01 ± 118.36 | 0.176 |
| VO2 (ml/h) | 360.99 ± 57.84 | 323.07 ± 48.00 | 0.176 |
| VCO2 (ml/h/kg) | 1078.41 ± 271.38 | 841.56 ± 161.71 | 0.052 |
| VCO2 (ml/h/kg lean body mass) | 798.08 ± 200.85 | 622.82 ± 119.69 | 0.052 |
| VCO2 (ml/h) | 323.52 ± 81.43 | 252.45 ± 48.50 | 0.052 |
| Respiratory Quotient | 0.89 ± 0.10 | 0.78 ± 0.05 | 0.020 |
| TEE (kcal/h/kg) | 5.94 ± 1.05 | 5.18 ± 0.80 | 0.126 |
| TEE (kcal/h/kg lean body mass) | 4.39 ± 0.78 | 3.83 ± 0.59 | 0.125 |
| TEE (kcal/h) | 1.78 ± 0.31 | 1.55 ± 0.24 | 0.126 |
| Weight (g) | 261.28 ± 31.25 | 270.45 ± 26.81 | 0.539 |
| Food intake (g/day) | 9.73 ± 3.35 | 6.49 ± 1.88 | 0.031 |
| Insulin (mIU/l) | 8.41 ± 0.38 | 11.48 ± 1.55 | 0.000 |
| Glucose (mg/dl) | 87.61 ± 3.41 | 58.64 ± 3.58 | 0.000 |
| HOMA-IR | 1.82 ± 0.10 | 1.65 ± 0.13 | 0.012 |