Table 5.

Concentration of serum 25(OH)D₃ and plasma micronutrients^a at baseline and after 9 and 18 weeks of intervention

	FO salmon (n = 17)	RO salmon (n = 17)	Control (n = 17)	ptreatment
Serum 25(OH)D3 (nmol/L)
Baseline	65.91 ± 7.49	49.96 ± 7.00	48.74 ± 5.27	0.155
9 weeks	63.13 ± 5.09	66.11 ± 10.24	50.29 ± 4.69	0.190
18 weeks	78.05 ± 7.21a,b	86.14 ± 10.55a	57.76 ± 4.58b	0.043
Plasma selenium (µg/L)
Baseline	78.88 ± 2.77	73.10 ± 2.45	77.39 ± 2.91	0.304
9 weeks	79.37 ± 3.67	76.84 ± 2.00	79.10 ± 3.38	0.713
18 weeks	81.45 ± 3.07	76.65 ± 2.70	79.15 ± 3.44	0.921
Plasma zinc (µg/L)
Baseline	990.1 ± 86.8	1170.6 ± 65.8	984.5 ± 52.4	0.058
9 weeks	965.9 ± 84.9	1191.7 ± 88.1	985.4 ± 81.8	0.567
18 weeks	1083.7 ± 138.5	1360.8 ± 140.1	1024.6 ± 78.2	0.398
Plasma magnesium (mg/L)
Baseline	18.76 ± 0.46	18.85 ± 0.37	18.90 ± 0.49	0.983
9 weeks	18.39 ± 0.51	18.79 ± 0.39	18.28 ± 0.40	0.475
18 weeks	19.05 ± 0.51	18.79 ± 0.31	18.64 ± 0.39	0.615

^aAll values are mean ± SEM. p_treatment = p value for treatment effect between groups. Values with different superscript letters indicate that end values differ significantly (Tukey adjusted post hoc comparisons)