Table 2.

Comparison between groups I, II, III.

I					II					III
N = 119	mean	SD	Min	max	N = 164	mean	SD	min	max	N = 7	mean	SD	min	max	ANOVA F	I vs II	I vs III	II vs III
ERY	0.04	0.34	−0.80	1.20	ERY	−0.04	0.33	−1.08	1.20	ERY	−0.11	0.24	−0.40	0.30	1.88
HC	0.00	0.03	−0.07	0.16	HC	−0.01	0.03	−0.08	0,14	HC	−0.01	0.02	−0.03	0.03	2.43
MCH	0.00	0.09	−0.30	0.50	MCH	0.03	0.10	−0.30	0.40	MCH	0.03	0.08	0.03	0.08	0.19
MCV	−0.35	3.95	−11.00	20.00	MCV	−0.63	4.02	−13.00	17.00	MCV	−0.13	1.21	−13.00	17.00	3.35	p < 0.05	p > 0.05	p > 0.05
MCHC	0.16	0.70	−1.70	1.60	MCHC	0.47	0.62	−0.90	2.20	MCHC	0.19	0.42	−0.70	0.50	7.77	p < 0.001	p > 0.05	p > 0.05
Vitamin D	−17.05	19.19	−122.70	−0.10	Vitamin D	18.46	19.84	0.10	118.50	Vitamin D	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	116.10	p < 0.001	p > 0.05	p < 0.05

ERY, number of erythrocytes; HC, hematocrit; max, maximum, min, minimum; SD, standard deviation; MCHC, ratio between mean corpuscular haemoglobin and the mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular haemoglobin; MCH, mean corpuscular haemoglobin, MCV, mean corpuscular volume; I, 119 patients with a fall of vitamin D; II 164 patients with a rise of vitamin D; III, 7 patients with no change of vitamin D.