Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients who received vitamin D or placebo for eight weeks.

Variable	Total	Placebo	Vitamin D
Total	54	20	34
Male	19 (35%)	4 (20%)	15 (44%)
Female	35 (64.8%)	16 (80%)	19 (55.8%)
Age (years)	38.64 ± 1.90	40.60 ± 2.97	37.45 ± 2.48
Body mass index	32.27 ± 0.92	32.32 ± 5.52	32.32 ± 1.28
Pretreatment 25D3 levels (ng/mL)		12.96 ± 1.29	11.74 ± 0.77
Posttreatment 25D3 levels (ng/mL)		14.45 ± 1.61	33.34 ± 2.04