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. 2008 Aug;19(8):1613–1619. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2007111164

Table 2.

All-cause morality rates among calcitriol users and matched control patientsa

Parameter Calcitriol Users
Matched Controls
Crude RR (95% CI)
n Events Rate (95% CI) n Events Rate (95% CI)
All study patients 429 109 12.8 (10.4 to 15.2) 989 299 18.3 (15.2 to 21.4) 0.70 (0.56 to 0.87)
Age (yr)
    <65 164 32 8.4 (5.5 to 11.3) 315 76 11.6 (7.6 to 15.6) 0.73 (0.48 to 1.09)
    65 to 75 139 38 13.4 (9.1 to 17.6) 336 102 19.3 (13.7 to 24.8) 0.69 (0.48 to 0.99)
    >75 126 39 20.8 (14.3 to 27.3) 338 121 26.2 (19.2 to 33.2) 0.79 (0.56 to 1.14)
Diabetes
    yes 276 65 12.5 (9.4 to 15.5) 581 197 21.4 (16.9 to 25.9) 0.58 (0.44 to 0.77)
    no 153 44 13.3 (9.4 to 17.3) 408 102 14.3 (10.1 to 18.5) 0.93 (0.65 to 1.33)
eGFR (ml/min per 1.73 m2)
    15 to 30 249 77 14.1 (10.9 to 17.2) 495 204 21.9 (17.5 to 26.4) 0.64 (0.49 to 0.84)
    30 to 60 180 32 10.5 (6.9 to 14.1) 494 95 13.1 (8.9 to 17.2) 0.80 (0.54 to 1.20)
PTH (pg/ml)
    70 to 150 117 16 8.6 (4.4 to 12.9) 675 150 15.4 (11.6 to 19.2) 0.56 (0.34 to 0.93)
    150 to 300 224 52 11.3 (8.2 to 14.3) 253 116 22.0 (16.0 to 28.0) 0.51 (0.37 to 0.72)
    >300 88 41 20.0 (13.9 to 26.1) 61 33 23.9 (11.7 to 36.0) 0.84 (0.53 to 1.32)
a

RR, relative risk.