Pre-Randomization characteristics
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The study began recruiting participants on June 11, 2021; the last follow-up occurred on March 20, 2022. A flowchart in Fig. CONSORT flow of participants.Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants in the two study groups at baseline.*All values are presented as mean ± SD or n (%) and were analyzed using an independent sample t-test/ Mann–Whitney U test or Fisher's exact test.After analyzing the dietary records gathered at the beginning, middle, and end of the intervention, it was discovered that there was no significant difference in the average dietary consumption between the two groups. Unfortunately, this data cannot be displayed at this time. We gathered data on the vitamin D3 intake of participants before the study and compared the two groups. Our findings indicate that there were no significant differences in the number of participants taking vitamin D3 before the study. We also monitored the participant's adherence to the recommended daily vitamin D3 supplementation of 1000 IU throughout the study. Our data showed that both groups were compliant with this recommendation, and there were no significant differences in terms of starting or discontinuing vitamin D3 supplementation between the groups.