Clinical Study

Vitamin D Supplementation Improves Mood in Women with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 3

Depression changes following vitamin D2 supplementation with covariates.

CovariatesMean difference95% confidence interval
LowerUpper

Race0.31
 Black versus Hispanic4.7516−5.644515.14770.61
 Black versus White−1.1974−5.29682.90200.86
 Hispanic versus White−5.9489−16.02914.13120.40
Enrollment: spring/summer versus fall/winter−4.3133−8.0222−0.60430.02
Month<0.001
 Six months versus baseline−14.6484−17.7326−11.5642<0.001
 Three months versus baseline−11.8442−14.8664−8.8221<0.001
 Six months versus three months−2.8041−5.89800.28980.09

Note: valid . Significance () is adjusted for inflated type I error using the Sidak correction. Other covariates appearing in the model include baseline vitamin 25 OH D (), baseline PHQ-9 score (), and BMI ().