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. 2020 Jul 20;10:11943. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69128-2

Table 2.

Body composition in monozygotic twin adults with and without cholecalciferol supplementation.

CG (n = 45) SG (n = 45) CG (T60) x SG (T60)
T0 T60 Effect size p value T0 T60 Effect size p value Effect size p value
BMI, (kg/m2) 25.5 (21.3–30.5) 25.5 (20.5–30.1) 0.218 0.614 24.9 (22.1–33.9) 24.5 (21.6–33.8) 0.222 0.602 0.019 0.782
Total body fat, (kg) 18.1 (15.3–25.6) 18.1 (14.9–24.9) 0.054 0.639 19.2 (15.8–24.3) 18.6 (15.1–23.8) 0.116 0.259 0.042 0.812
Total body fat, (%) 29.9 (26.3–36.8) 30.7 (26.6–38.5) 0.048 0.758 32.3 (27.2–37.7) 30.5 (26.7–36.9) 0.120 0.001 0.013 0.977
Arm Fat, (%) 31.3 (25.9–38.0) 32.2 (26.1–39.5) 0.037 0.554 33.5 (27.8–40.8) 33.9 (27.3–40.3) 0.043 0.390 0.072 0.583
Trunk Fat, (%) 30.4 (24.9–36.4) 30.3 (25.1–36.4) 0.001 0.758 31.8 (25.7–38.4) 31.4 (27.7–36.9) 0.015 0.228 0.138 0.506
Android fat, (%) 29.8 (22.7–38.4) 27.2 (22.2–38.4) 0.074 0.360 31.7 (23.0–38.2) 29.8 (25.3–37.5) 0.050 0.001 0.113 0.548
Gynoid Fat, (%) 35.8 (29.5–42.3) 34.7 (29.6–43.4) 0.006 0.831 37.9 (30.8–43.0) 36.5 (29.8–41.5) 0.094 0.005 0.049 0.687
Leg Fat, (%) 33.5 (27.7–40.7) 32.7 (28.2–40.6) 0.030 0.097 35.4 (29.7–40.3) 35.0 (30.1–40.0) 0.001 0.692 0.122 0.480
Total Lean Mass, (kg) 39.0 (35.1–45.5) 38.6 (34.7–47.6) 0.091 0.839 38.2 (34.5–47.6) 38.2 (34.1–47.7) 0.015 0.554 0.067 0.781
Android Lean Mass, (kg) 26.2 (22.5–31.8) 26.3 (22.7–32.3) 0.017 0.906 26.2 (22.5–31.6 24.8 (22.3–33.7) 0.011 0.877 0.009 0.681
Gynoid Lean Mass, (kg) 61.1 (53.8–74.8) 62.0 (56.0–74.5) 0.005 0.616 58.3 (51.8–68.9) 59.6 (52.9–70.4) 0.052 0.007 0.193 0.362
BMC, (g) 2,248.5 (2060.7–2,558.5) 2,182.5 (2,309.0–2,542.8) 0.056 0.233 2,298.0 (2007.0–2,837.5) 2,197.0 (1950.5–2,976.8) 0.048 0.433 0.118 0.715

Continuous variables are shown as median (percentile 25–percentile 75) and compared by Wilcoxon test (intra-group values) and Mann–Whitney test (inter-group values). CG, Control group; SG, Supplemented group; T0, first analysis; T60, analysis 60 days after the first; BMI, body mass index; BMC, bone mineral density.