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Table 2 Statistical data before and after supplementation

From: Cholecalciferol supplementation lowers leptin and TMAO but increases NO and VEGF-A levels in obese vitamin D deficient patients: Is it one of the potential cardioprotective mechanisms of vitamin D?

 

Mean ± SEM [1]

Mean ± SEM [2]

p value

Δ

NO (µmol/l)

39.19 ± 10.96

70.02 ± 13.80

0.021

 + 30.83 ± 12.38

Leptin (ng/ml)

16.90 ± 1.65

14.72 ± 1.78

0.029

 − 2.18 ± 0.95

TMAO (ng/ml)

63.41 ± 12.59

59.98 ± 12.36

0.022

 − 3.44 ± 1.42

VEGF-A (pg/ml)

298.81 ± 27.44

322.91 ± 26.02

0.024

 + 24.10 ± 10.13

sST2 (ng/ml)

46.75 ± 4.91

51.69 ± 4.28

0.065

 + 4.94 ± 2.59

25(OH)D3 (ng/ml)

18.22 ± 1.10

29.89 ± 1.16

 < 0.001

 + 11.67 ± 1.05

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Nutrition & Metabolism

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