Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of randomized health care workers.
| Parameters | Group I n = 45 |
Group II n = 46 |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years (mean ± SD) | 35 ± 2 | 35 ± 2 | 0.81 |
| Sex, M/F, n (%) | 8 (18)/37 (82) | 6 (13)/40 (87) | 0.53 |
| Education, n (%) | |||
| Graduate medical | 15 (33) | 23 (50) | 0.36 |
| Secondary medical | 24 (53) | 14 (30) | |
| Without specialized education | 6 (14) | 9 (20) | |
| BMI, kg/m2, n (%) | 24.8 ± 0.8 | 24.6 ± 0.7 | 0.98 |
| Normal | 25 (55) | 29 (63) | 0.49 |
| Overweight | 12 (27) | 10 (22) | |
| Obese | 8 (18) | 7 (15) | |
| FPG, mmol/L | 5.3 ± 0.2 | 5.3 ± 0.2 | 0.35 |
| TC, mmol/L | 5.3 ± 0.2 | 5.3 ± 0.2 | 0.95 |
| LDL, mmol/L | 2.9 ± 0.2 | 3.0 ± 0.1 | 0.46 |
| HDL, mmol/L | 1.6 ± 0.1 | 1.6 ± 0.1 | 0.44 |
| TG, mmol/L | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 0.49 |
| 25(OH)D, ng/mL, Me + IQR (25; 75) | 16.9 (11.4; 23.9) | 18.4 (12.2; 25.1) | 0.54 |
| Vitamin D status, n (%) | |||
| Normal | 4 (9) | 5 (11) | 0.45 |
| Insufficiency | 12 (27) | 15 (33) | |
| Deficiency | 29 (64) | 26 (56) |
SD, standard deviation; M, male; F, female; BMI, body mass index; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; TC, total cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; TG, triglycerides; 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D; Me, median; IQR, interquartile range.