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Table 1 General characteristics of study participants1

From: The effects of vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids co-supplementation on biomarkers of inflammation, oxidative stress and pregnancy outcomes in patients with gestational diabetes

 

Placebo

(n = 30)

Vitamin D 2(n = 30)

Omega-33

(n = 30)

Vitamin D+ omega-34

(n = 30)

P5

Age (y)

29.2 ± 3.4

29.9 ± 5.0

29.7 ± 3.6

29.9 ± 4.0

0.869

Height (cm)

161.6 ± 4.8

161.5 ± 4.1

161.5 ± 3.4

161.8 ± 3.7

0.985

Weight at study baseline (kg)

75.1 ± 7.7

76.1 ± 12.7

74.3 ± 5.8

77.4 ± 10.2

0.632

Weight at end-of-trial (kg)

77.5 ± 7.7

78.6 ± 12.5

76.7 ± 6.1

80.0 ± 10.0

0.559

Weight change (kg)

2.3 ± 0.7

2.5 ± 1.1

2.4 ± 0.5

2.6 ± 0.6

0.570

BMI at study baseline (kg/m2)

28.8 ± 3.4

29.2 ± 5.0

28.5 ± 2.4

29.5 ± 3.8

0.746

BMI at end-of-trial (kg/m2)

29.7 ± 3.4

30.1 ± 4.8

29.4 ± 2.5

30.5 ± 3.7

0.683

BMI change (kg/m2)

0.9 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.4

0.9 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.2

0.592

  1. 1Data are means ± SDs
  2. 2Receiving 50,000 IU vitamin D every 2 weeks plus placebo for omega-3 fatty acids twice a day
  3. 3Receiving 1000 mg omega-3 fatty acids (180 mg EPA and 120 mg DHA) twice a day plus placebo for vitamin D every 2 weeks
  4. 4Receiving 50,000 IU vitamin D every 2 weeks plus 1000 mg omega-3 fatty acids twice a day
  5. 5Obtained from ANOVA test