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Table 4 Correlation coefficients between calcium, vitamin D and obesity-related phenotypes at baseline (n = 870)

From: The effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on obesity in postmenopausal women: secondary analysis for a large-scale, placebo controlled, double-blind, 4-year longitudinal clinical trial

  

BMI

TrF

TrL

PTrF

Calcium

Dietary Ca Intake

-0.054

-0.054

-0.016

-0.065

 

Habitual Ca Suppl.

-0.120**

-0.146**

-0.085*

-0.146**

 

Total Ca Intake

-0.119**

-0.136**

-0.068*

-0.145**

Vitamin D

Habitual Vit D Suppl.

-0.065

-0.071*

-0.029

-0.093**

 

Serum 25(OH)D

-0.260**

-0.294**

-0.179**

-0.281**

  1. Note: *: P < 0.05; **: P < 0.01.
  2. BMI: body mass index; TrF: trunk fat; TrL: trunk lean; PTrF: percentage of trunk fat.
  3. In the data analysis, the selected subjects in Table 1 were pooled together at baseline. Correlation coefficients were calculated by Pearson correlation.
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Nutrition & Metabolism

ISSN: 1743-7075

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