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. 2020 Aug 10;48(8):0300060520935313. doi: 10.1177/0300060520935313

Table 1.

Study features in the systematic review.

Literature Diagnosis criteria Subjects (n) Ethnicity VitD dose (IU/day) Intervention Follow-up time (weeks) Baseline VitD (ng/mL)a Final VitD (ng/mL)a
Rahimi-Ardabili,15 2013 Rotterdam 24/26 Asian: 100% 2500 CholecalciferolPlacebo 8 6.9 ± 2.87.3 ± 2.9 23.4 ± 6.148.57 ± 3.98
Raja-Khan,18 2014 NIH 13/15 N/A 12000 CholecalciferolPlacebo 12 19.9 ± 9.522.2 ± 6.9 67.36 ± 28.6222.45 ± 7.02
Asemi-1,16 2015 Rotterdam 26/26 Asian: 100% 7143 CholecalciferolPlacebo 8 11.6 ± 4.713.9 ± 2.0 23.4 ± 7.114.2 ± 2.2
Asemi-2,16 2015 Rotterdam 26/26 Asian: 100% 7143 Cholecalciferol+ Calcium Placebo + Calcium 8 15.1 ± 3.614.0 ± 4.1 26.8 ± 7.814.4 ± 4.7
Garg,21 2015 Rotterdam 15/17 Asian: 100% 4000 Cholecalciferol + MET Placebo + MET 24 7.7 ± 6.056.8 ± 2.46 31.5 ± 13.886.7 ± 2.31
Irani,14 2015 Rotterdam 35/18 Vitamin D group: Hispanic, 69.4%; Asian, 25%; Black, 5.5%; Placebo group: Hispanic, 72.2%; Asian, 22.2%; Black, 5.5% 7143 CholecalciferolPlacebo 8 16.3 ± 0.917.0 ± 1.8 43.2 ± 2.417.4 ± 1.9
Foroozanfard,13 2017 Rotterdam 30/30/30 Asian: 100% 40001000 Cholecalciferol (high-dose) + METCholecalciferol (lose-dose) + METPlacebo + MET 12 13.5 ± 3.114.0 ± 4.614.0 ± 3.5 24.3 ± 3.720.7 ± 6.214.1 ± 3.6
Maktabi,17 2017 Rotterdam 35/35 Asian: 100% 3571 CholecalciferolPlacebo 12 12.8 ± 4.514.5 ± 5.1 27.5 ± 9.814.4 ± 5.2
Dastorani,12 2018 Rotterdam 20/20 Asian: 100% 3571 CholecalciferolPlacebo 8 10.5 ± 2.511.0 ± 2.4 21.7 ± 5.910.9 ± 2.1

aMean  ±  SD

NIH, the 1990 National Institutes of Health criterion; MET, metformin; VitD, vitamin D; N/A, not applicable; SD, standard deviation.