Influence of Vitamin D Metabolites on Plasma Cytokine Concentrations in Endurance Sport Athletes and on Multiantigen Stimulated Cytokine Production by Whole Blood and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Cultures

Table 1

Physical characteristics of 43 athletes with high and low vitamin D status.

	High-level vitamin D	Low-level vitamin D	𝑃
Number (M : F)	18 (8 : 10)	25 (19 : 6)
Age (years)	20.9 ± 4.1	19.9 ± 2.0	0.294
Height (cm)	174.0 ± 10.1	177.0 ± 8.5	0.309
Weight (kg)	71.0 ± 13.5	73.3 ± 9.4	0.516
BMI (kg/m^2)	23.3 ± 2.8	23.3 ± 1.8	0.960
Mean training loads (Mean MET-h/wk)	84.9 ± 46.2	64.0 ± 28.2	0.100

Data are mean ± SD.
M: male; F: female.
𝑃 value from independent 𝑡-test is shown in right hand column.