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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Treatment produced a smaller increase in the mean (+ / - SD) serum calcium concentration in the vitamin D group (from 7. 8 + / -0. 8 mg per deciliter [2. 0 + / -0. 2 mmol per liter] at base line to 8. 3 + / -0. 7 mg per deciliter [2. 1 + / -0. 2 mmol per liter] at 24 weeks) than in the calcium group (from 7. 5 + / -0. 8 [1. 9 + / -0. 2 mmol per liter] to 9. 0 + / -0. 6 mg per deciliter [2. 2 + / -0. 2 mmol per liter], P < 0. 001) or the combination-therapy group (from 7. 7 + / -1. 0 [1. 9 + / -0. 25 mmol per liter] to 9. 1 + / -0. 6 mg per deciliter [2. 3 + / -0. 2 mmol per liter], P < 0. 001).