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. 2011 Sep 26;12:209. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-209

Table 2.

Odds Ratio for Fracture, Indirect Treatment Comparison Results of Drug versus Placebo Classical and Bayesian analysis

Classical analysis Non-vertebral fracture Vertebral fracture Hip fracture Wrist fracture
Drug vs placebo OR (95% Cr I) Placebo
rate
OR (95% Cr I) Placebo
rate
OR (95% Cr I) Placebo
rate
OR (95% Cr I) Placebo
rate

Alendronate 0.80 (0.68, 0.95) 11.1% 0.51 (0.40, 0.63) 6.7% 0.62 (0.40, 0.96) 1.1% 0.44 (0.30, 0.67) 3.0%

Denosumab 0.80 (0.67, 0.96) 7.5% 0.31 (0.24, 0.40) 7.2% 0.60 (0.37, 0.98) 1.1% NR NR

Etidronate 0.64 (0.31, 1.32) 11.5% 0.59 (0.32, 1.10) 9.7% 0.60 (0.14, 2.66) 2.1% 1.19 (0.37, 3.80) 2.2%

Ibandronate 0.88 (0.71, 1.10) 7.5% 0.49 (0.32, 0.73) 7.5% NR NR NR NR

Raloxifene 0.91 (0.77, 1.07) 9.3% 0.63 (0.50, 0.78) 10.1% 1.12 (0.64, 1.95) 0.7% 0.88 (0.67, 1.15) 3.3%

Risedronate 0.79 (0.69, 0.89) 10.1% 0.59 (0.47, 0.75) 13.3% 0.74 (0.58, 0.94) 2.8% 0.71 (0.56, 0.89) 3.4%

Strontium 0.85 (0.74 (0.98) 14.7% 0.58 (0.50, 0.67) 21.7% 0.66 (1.19) 4.0% 1.59 (1.12, 2.27) 3.2%

Teriparatide 0.62 (0.40, 0.97) 9.7% 0.31 (0.19, 0.52) 14.3% 0.50 (0.09, 2.75) 0.7% 0.50 (0.09, 2.75) 2.4%

Zoledronic Acid 0.74 (0.63, 0.86) 10.0% 0.28 (0.22, 0.35) 10.9% 0.59 (0.83) 2.3% NR NR

All drugs vs placebo 0.81 (0.77, 0.86) 10.5% 0.49 (0.41, 0.58) 11.0% 0.73 (0.63, 0.84) 1.9% 0.82 (0.71, 0.94) 3.1%

Bayesian analysis Non-vertebral fracture Vertebral fracture Hip fracture Wrist fracture

Drug vs placebo OR (95% Cr I) Prob Effect
size
OR (95% Cr I) Prob Effect
size
OR (95% Cr I) Prob Effect
size
OR (95% Cr I) Prob Effect
size

Alendronate 0.81 (0.66, 0.96) 0.01 16.1 0.51 (0.37, 0.68) < 0.01 25.3 0.59 (0.29, 0.99) 0.10 9.49 0.93 (0.30, 2.64) 0.10 1.80

Denosumab 0.80 (0.60, 1.06) 0.03 10.7 0.31 (0.21, 0.44) 0.20 53.6 0.67 (0.24, 1.47) 0.12 4.76 NR NR NR

Etidronate 0.64 (0.31, 1.27) 0.42 6.4 0.61 (0.29, 1.08 0.01 8.3 1.02 (0.12, 3.91) 0.19 1.01 2.42 (0.25, 10.54) 0.06 0.16

Ibandronate 0.90 (0.69, 1.16) < 0.01 9.3 0.50 (0.29, 0.78) 0.01 16.1 NR NR NR NR NR NR

Raloxifene 0.91 (0.69, 1.20) < 0.01 8.4 0.63 (0.43, 0.90) 0.00 13.4 1.29 (0.45, 2.88) 0.01 1.25 1.76 (0.09, 8.22) 0.15 0.27

Risedronate 0.77 (0.60, 0.91) 0.04 16.4 0.60 (0.45, 0.79) 0.00 19.3 0.78 (0.44, 1.32) 0.01 5.71 0.91 (0.13, 3.27) 0.22 1.37

Strontium 0.86 (0.69, 1.07) < 0.01 12.0 0.59 (0.45, 0.76) < 0.01 21.8 0.98 (0.39, 2.01) 0.01 2.47 3.25 (0.17, 14.89) 0.06 0.08

Teriparatide 0.62 (0.38, 1.02) 0.41 9.9 0.32 (0.17, 0.57) 0.30 29.8 0.71 (0.04, 2.90) 0.44 1.93 1.23 (0.05, 5.64) 0.41 0.57

Zoledronic Acid 0.74 (0.56, 0.97) 0.08 12.9 0.28 (0.19, 0.40) 0.40 66.2 0.65 (0.25, 1.34) 0.11 5.53 NR NR NR

OR (95% Cr I): Odds ratio (95% Credibility Interval). Prob: probability of that drug being most efficacious.

Effect size evaluated as Odds ratio divided by corresponding standard error. NR: Not reported.