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Subject characteristics and serum hormone concentrations. |
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| Characteristic/Hormone |
Lo-D (n = 49) |
Hi-D (n = 20) |
P Value |
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| Age (years) |
39.8 ± 1.8 |
41.7 ± 3.5 |
0.5733 |
| Height (m) |
1.70 ± 0.01 |
1.65 ± 0.01 |
0.6894 |
| Weight (kg) |
65.9 ± 1.6 |
67.9 ± 2.7 |
0.3800 |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) |
23.8 ± 0.5 |
25.0 ± 1.1 |
0.2488 |
| Body Fat (%) |
30.1 ± 1.0 |
30.6 ± 1.7 |
0.7665 |
| Skin Type |
2.4 ± 0.1 |
3.1 ± 0.2* |
0.0031 |
| Contraceptive Use (%) |
31% |
20% |
0.3780 |
| Estradiol (pg/mL) |
158.0 ± 15.6 |
151.3 ± 15.3 |
0.7974 |
| Cortisol (μg/dL) |
8.4 ± 0.5 |
9.4 ± 1.2 |
0.3129 |
| iPTH (pg/mL) |
48.1 ± 3.1 |
26.2 ± 2.6* |
<0.0001 |
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Subject characteristics and serum hormone concentrations of healthy women, age 25–82 years, categorized as low vitamin D status (Lo-D) or high vitamin D status (Hi-D) based on UVB exposure. Data are expressed as means ± SEM. *Significantly different from Lo-D, P < 0.05. | |||
Peterson and Heffernan Journal of Inflammation 2008 5:10 doi:10.1186/1476-9255-5-10 |
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