Simvastatin Does Not Affect Vitamin D Status, but Low Vitamin D Levels Are Associated with Dyslipidemia: Results from a Randomised, Controlled Trial

Table 2

Indices of cholesterol status by tertiles of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (P-25OHD) levels at baseline (mean ± SD).

	P-total cholesterol	P-HDL cholesterol	P-LDL cholesterol	P-triglycerides
	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)
Tertile of P-25OHD levels
(1) (<58 nmol/L)	6.4±1.1	1.7±0.4	4.4±1.0	1.3±0.6
(2) (58–80 nmol/L)	6.6±0.8	2.0±0.6	4.1±0.8	1.3±0.5
(3) (>80 nmol/L)	6.6±1.1	2.0±0.5^∗	4.1±1.0	1.0±0.5^∗
p-trend	0.52	0.06	0.98	<0.01

^∗𝑃<.05 compared with lowest tertile by post-hoc test.