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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: However, mean 25 (OH) D and calcitriol concentrations increased by 55. 5 nmol/L and 40. 0 pmol/L, respectively, in the vitamin D group but by only 11. 8 nmol/L and 9. 3 pmol/L, respectively, in the placebo group (P < 0. 001), whereas a more pronounced decrease occurred in the vitamin D group than in the placebo group in blood concentrations of parathyroid hormone (-26. 5 % compared with -18. 7 % ; P = 0. 014), triglycerides (-13. 5 % compared with +3. 0 % ; P < 0. 001), and the inflammation marker tumor necrosis factor-alpha (-10. 2 % compared with -3. 2 % ; P = 0. 049).