Biochemical features of subjects; values are mean (SE) unless stated otherwise
| Males | Females | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whites | Gujaratis | Whites | Gujaratis | |
| NS, not significant. | ||||
| Adjusted serum calcium (2.12–2.65 mmol/l) | 2.2 (0.1) | 2.2 (0.1) | 2.2 (0.088) | 2.2 (0.108) |
| NS | NS | |||
| Serum alkaline phosphatase (25–110 IU/l) | 68.7 (21) | 75.0 (19) | 57.4 (13.4) | 62.9 (19.3) |
| NS | NS | |||
| Mean vitamin D level for subjects who were within the normal range (5–40 ng/ml) | 14.8 | 10.3 | 13.0 | 9.4 |
| (p<0.05) | (p<0.05) | |||
| Proportion of subjects whose vitamin D level were below the lower limit of normal (that is, 5 ng/ml) (%) | 3 | 60 | 0 | 50.7 |
| (p<0.001) | (p<0.001) | |||