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. 2023 Feb 15;7(3):100046. doi: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.100046

TABLE 2.

Distribution of vascular disease outcomes in the randomized trials of calcium alone or calcium plus vitamin D vs. placebo or no treatment

No. of participants
No. of disease outcomes
Author, y (citation) Total No. of participants No. of treated/control Any MI1 CHD Death Any CHD Any stroke All-cause mortality
Comparisons of calcium supplements
Baron et al., 1999 [21] 930 464/466 35 16 46 20 47
Grant et al., 2005 [22] 2643 1311/1332 84 99 NA2 104 455
Prince et al., 2006 [23] 1460 730/730 40 22 122 78 92
Reid et al., 2006 [24] 1471 732/739 52 NA NA 59 63
Bonnick et al., 2007 [25] 563 282/281 0 NA NA 3 3
Lappe et al., 2007 [26] 733 445/288 4 NA NA 9 NA
Baron et al., 2015 (17) 834 419/415 4 5 9 2 13
ALL 8634 4383/4251 219 142 177 275 673
Comparisons of calcium plus vitamin D supplements
Chapuy et al., 1992 [5] 3270 1634/1636 NA NA NA NA 532
Chapuy et al., 2002 [27] 583 389/194 NA NA NA NA 116
Grant et al., 2005 [22] 2638 1306/1332 83 83 NA 108 437
Jackson et al., 2006 [4] 36,282 18,176/18,106 730 280 1010 726 1584
Salovaara et al., 2010 [28] 3195 1586/1609 35 5 38 46 33
Baron et al., 2015 [27] 836 421/415 6 7 13 5 15
ALL 46,804 23,512/23,292 854 391 1061 885 2717
1

Any MI includes fatal MI and nonfatal MI.

2

N/A denotes not assessed.