Table 4 Effect of curcumin vs. placebo on the vitamin D status and levels
Variables | Curcumin (n = 36) | Placebo (n = 37) | P | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before | After | Improved | P | Before | After | Improved | P | |||
Vitamin D status | Deficiency | 24 (66.7%) | 18 (52.0%) | 25% | 0.039a | 21 (56.8%) | 17 (46.0%) | 18% | 0.08 a | 0.71b |
Insufficiency | 7 (19.4%) | 10 (27.8%) | 8 (21.6%) | 12 (32.4%) | ||||||
Sufficiency | 5 (13.9%) | 8 (20.2%) | 8 (21.6%) | 8 (21.6%) | ||||||
Vitamin D levels (ng/ml) | 12.8 (7.0 to 24.6) | 16.2 (6.4 to 28.8) | 2.2(−3.7 to 10.1) | 0.045a | 18.6 (2.2–26.8) | 21.3 (5.2–27.1) | 1.2(−2.0 to 6.0) | 0.17 a | 0.050c | |