Patient demographics
| S-25(OH)D concentration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients | Deficient (≤8 ng/ml) | Low normal (>8 and ≤15 ng/ml) | Normal (>15 ng/ml) | |
| Results are expressed as mean (SD). | ||||
| *Significantly different from the normal group (p>0.05, one way ANOVA). | ||||
| S-25(OH)D), serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D; pre women, premenopausal women; post women, postmenopausal women; CD, Crohn’s disease; MT, mesenteric thrombosis; Surg, complications related to surgery; BMI, body mass index; PO, per oral 400 IU/day; >PO, per oral >400 IU/day; IM, intramuscularly 100 000 IU/month. | ||||
| No of patients | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 |
| Sex (pre women/post women/men) (n) | 15/9/18 | 9/3/4 | 8/0/2 | 6/6/4 |
| Diagnosis (CD/MT/Surg.) (n) | 35/3/4 | 14/1/1 | 7/2/1 | 14/0/2 |
| Age (y) | 50.3 (12.3) | 44.1 (12.2)* | 52.2 (9.9) | 55.2 (11.7) |
| Weight (kg) | 62.8 (13.2) | 60.6 (15.3) | 71.1 (13.8) | 59.8 (8.1) |
| Height (cm) | 168.8 (9.3) | 166.1 (8.0) | 172.9 (11.0) | 168.9 (9.0) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.0 (3.9) | 21.8 (4.4) | 23.7 (3.6) | 21.0 (3.4) |
| Renal creatinine clearance (ml/min) | 79.4 (30.7) | 77.9 (37.2) | 93.8 (30.2) | 71.3 (20.9) |
| Small bowel length (cm) | 199.1 (70.6) | 196.1 (73.6) | 189.7 (92.4) | 208.0 (54.1) |
| Remaining colon (%) | 37.8 (40.8) | 34.4 (42.7) | 50.0 (40.8) | 29.7 (39.0) |
| Faecal fat excretion (g/day) | 46.9 (38.1) | 43.2 (21.5) | 47.9 (47.3) | 50.0 (46.4) |
| Vitamin D suppl (none/PO/>PO/IM) (n) | 11/14/10/7 | 7/5/2/2 | 2/4/3/1 | 2/5/5/4 |
| Calcium suppl (0/500/1000/>2000 (mg/day)) (n) | 16/7/17/2 | 6/2/5/3 | 7/2/0/1 | 3/3/5/5 |