CONSORT 2010 Flow Diagram.

<p>The first 34 subjects were part of a pilot study performed under NCT 00690417. The remainder of the subjects were performed under NCT 01049048.</p

Baseline Subject Characteristics.

<p>All values are means (standard deviations).</p>*<p>Central blood pressures and stiffness measurements were obtained from 37 subjects in the placebo and 38 subjects in the vitamin D arms, respectively.</p><p>25OH Vitamin D = 25-hydroxyvitamin D.</p><p>DBP  =  diastolic blood pressure.</p><p>FMD  =  flow-mediated dilation.</p><p>HDL  =  high density lipoprotein.</p><p>LDL  =  low density lipoprotein.</p><p>SBP  =  systolic blood pressure.</p