Table 3.

Serum inflammatory cytokines pre- and post-vitamin D3 supplementation

Cytokines	Pre-vitamin D3	Post-vitamin D3	P value
CCL2	12.1 pg/ml (8.47–15.7)	11.6 pg/ml (8.67–14.6)	0.99
IL-1β	0.17 pg/ml (0.00–0.40)	0.15 pg/ml (0.00–0.30)	0.84
IL-6	0.60 pg/ml (0.28–0.91)	0.54 pg/ml (0.22–0.85)	0.58
IL-8	6.58 pg/ml (4.36–8.82)	16.0 pg/ml (4.01–27.9)	0.14
IFNα	9.68 pg/ml (0.94–18.4)	8.97 pg/ml (0.00–18.4)	0.48
TNFα	0.41 pg/ml (0.01–0.80)	0.60 pg/ml (0.00–1.25)	0.67
CRP	2.42 mg/l (0.00–5.16)	1.98 mg/l (0.87–3.10)	0.73

Serum samples were collected pre- and post-vitamin D3 supplementation (n = 18). Cytokine concentrations were assessed by cytometric bead array. Data shown as mean ± 95% CI. Data were analysed by paired t test.