Table 2.

Associations between dietary calcium intake, supplemental calcium intake and total calcium intake in relation to CRC-specific and all-cause mortality in CRC survivors.

Dietary calcium intake
All-cause mortality
Sex- and cohort- specific quartiles	Quartile 1	Quartile 2	Quartile 3	Quartile 4	P for trend
Number/events	3368/1216	3387/1188	3157/1124	3173/1125
HR (95%CI)	1.0 (ref)	0.97 (0.89–1.05)	0.99 (0.91–1.07)	1.00 (0.92–1.09)	0.862
CRC-specific mortality
Number/events	3298/745	3345/745	3106/689	3129/709	0.824
HR (95%CI)	1.00 (Ref)	0.98 (0.88–1.08)	1.00 (0.90–1.10)	1.01 (0.91–1.12)
Supplemental calcium intake
All-cause mortality
Supplement use	<1 pill	≥1 pill
Number/events	9755/3708	2082/766
HR (95%CI)	1.00 (Ref)	0.97 (0.89–1.06)
CRC-specific mortality
Supplement use	<1 pill	≥1 pill
Number/events	9399/2111	2077/476
HR (95%CI)	1.00 (Ref)	1.01 (0.90–1.13)
Total calcium intake (dietary and supplemental intake)
All-cause mortality
Sex- and cohort- specific quartiles	Quartile 1	Quartile 2	Quartile 3	Quartile 4	P for trend
Number/events	1501/602	1487/573	1436/535	1546/616
HR (95%CI)	1 (Ref)	0.98 (0.88–1.10)	0.95 (0.85–1.07)	0.99 (0.88–1.11)	0.735
CRC-specific mortality
Number/events	1450/338	1440/313	1388/287	1496/434
HR (95%CI)	1.0 (ref)	0.93 (0.80–1.08)	0.88 (0.75–1.03)	0.99 (0.85–1.15)	0.707