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Table 1 Baseline characteristics for entire sample and participants in the target and reference groups. Values are means with standard deviation (Std), number (n) and frequencies (%)

From: Long-term adherence and effects on grip strength and upper leg performance of prescribed supplemental vitamin D in pregnant and recently pregnant women of Somali and Swedish birth with 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency: a before-and-after treatment study

 

Target group

Reference group

All

Participants

All

Participants

Number, n (%)

51

46 (90.2)

40

25 (62.5)

Age, years

28.3 (6.4)

28.0 (6.5)

30.4 (5.4)

30.6 (5.7)

Parity, n (%)

3.4 (2.7)

3.1 (2.5)

1.3 (1.1)

1.4 (1.1)

Education, years

3.4 (3.4)

3.5 (3.5)

13.9 (2.5)

14.3 (2.2)

Height, cm

161.5 (5.2)

161.4 (5.1)

167.0 (6.3)

167.2 (6.1)

25-OHD nmol/L

15.4 (7.8)a

15.8 (9.7)a

37.8 (9.5)

38.8 (10.3)

s-Ca, mmol/L

2.27 (0.12)

2.27 (0.12)

2.31 (0.07)

2.31 (0.06)

fP-PTH pmol/L

12.7 (11.0)

13.0 (11.5)

4.71 (2.49)

4.87 (2.90)

s-ALP, ukat/L

2.00 (1.40)

2.02 (1.45)

1.58 (0.77)

1.56 (0.76)

  1. Reference ranges: fP-PTH, 1.1–6.9 pmol/L; s-albumin corrected calcium, 2.15–2.50 mmol/L; s-ALP, 0.60–1.80 ukat/L
  2. a25-OHD values <10 nmol/L (unmeasurable) replaced with 9 for 17 women (34%) in the entire sample and n = 17 (37%) among target group participants
  3. Note: NS. drop-outs (n = 5 TG; n = 15 RG) vs. participants (Mann–Whitney U test)