Table 3.
Coronary Artery and Aortic Calcium by Treatment Group
B-Vitamins (n=224) | Placebo (n=219) | p-value* | |
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Coronary Artery Calcium | |||
Baseline | 0 (0,52)† | 0 (0,90) | 0.23 |
2.5 years | 1.2 (0,115) | 3.9 (0,166) | 0.31 |
Change | 0 (0,43) | 0 (0,52) | 0.82 |
Aortic Calcium | |||
Baseline | 202 (3,1539) | 253 (0,1561) | 0.52 |
2.5 years | 480 (55,2284) | 486 (12,2684) | 0.44 |
Change | 224 (20,669) | 175 (3,737) | 0.75 |
Incidence of coronary artery calcium | 24/126 (19%) | 19/115 (17%) | 0.61‡ |
p-values from Wilcoxon rank sum test
Median (interquartile range)
p-value from Fisher’s Exact test