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Geometric means and 95% CI
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Club Members
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Controls
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P-value
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α-tocopherol (μg/dL), serum
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1275 (1202, 1354)
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1157 (1090, 1229)
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0.009
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Serum Vitamin E: Total Cholesterol ratio
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6.8 (6.5, 7.1)
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6.0 (5.7, 6.3)
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<0.001
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Vitamin D 25(OH) (ng/dL), plasmac
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27.3 (25.1, 29.8)
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23.2 (21.2, 25.2)
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0.001
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N (%) deficient vitamin D using IOM (20 ng/mL) cutpointb
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13 (13.5%)
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35 (36.5%)
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<0.001
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aadjusted for site, current smoker (y/n), alcohol intake, dietary supplement use (defined as reported use of at least 1 to 3 times per week of the following:regular once-a-day, centrum etc. ., stress-tabs or B-complex vitamins, vitamin E or vitamin D)
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bnot adjusted; 96 pairs; deficient defined as <20 ng/mL, P-value from McNemar’s test
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c vitamin D analysis additionally adjusted for season; p-values from Type III fixed effects ANOVA from a linear mixed model with pair ID as a random effect to take into account the paired nature of the data; N = 92 pairs
- Significant p-values are indicated by italicized numbers in bold
