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Table 2 Clinical outcomes of for the patients in the intervention group and in the control group

From: Vitamin D3 supplementation and treatment outcomes in patients with depression (D3-vit-dep)

 

Intervention group (n = 28)

Control group (n = 34)

p values

Baseline

12 weeks

24 weeks

Baseline

12 weeks

24 weeks

12 weeks

24 weeks

Hamilton

18.4 (5.73)

10.6 (5.40)

9.26 (6.32)

18.0 (6.01)

9.50 (5.48)

9.59 (7.82)

0.73

0.17

MDI

33.4 (10.7)

21.8 (10.5)

16.4 (12.0)

33.8 (7.77)

20.4 (10.5)

19.5 (11.6)

0.83

0.57

WHO-5

23.8 (15.3)

37.0 (25.3)

50.5 (29.0)

24.0 (17.2)

39.5 (21.2)

47.2 (22.4)

0.89

0.49

Vitamin D

43.2 (24.6)

94.5 (30.0)

97.9 (25.0)

44.3 (24.1)

44.4 (25.0)

52.0 (33.5)

  
  1. Values are mean (SD) unless stated otherwise
  2. Hamilton Hamilton Rating Scale for depression (HRSD-17), MDI major depression inventory, WHO5 WHO5 Well-being Index, Vitamin D 25(OH)D level
  3. The mean (SD) decrease in the intervention were: − 9.58 (6.2); the mean (SD) decrease in the control group were: − 7.1 (6.2); (p = 0.17). The decrease in depression scores in both groups were significantly (p < 0.001)