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. 2010 Jul 5;2(7):693–724. doi: 10.3390/nu2070693

Table 3.

Intervention with vitamin D analogues (with / without calcium) on fracture incidence.

Study Study design n Sex Mean age (years) Treatment Length Results
CT, controlled trial; F, female; M, male; Cl, Calcitriol; Ac, Alfacalcidol; Ca, Calcium; /d, daily; wkly, weekly; yr, year;yrs, years
Vitamin D analogues
Hayashi et al. 1992 (67) CT 740 M/F 75 40 IU Ac/d 1 yr Lower fracture incidence
Tyliard et al. 1992 (68) CT 622 F 63 20 IU Cl/d 3 yrs Reduction in vertebral fractures
Sato et al. 1999 (70) CT 86 M/F 70 40 IU Ac/d 2 yrs 17.5% lower fracture rate
Ebeling et al. 2001 (72) CT 41 M 57.5 20 IU Cl/d 2 yrs No effect
Gallagher et al. 2001 (73) CT 489 F 72 20 IU Cl/d 2 yrs No effect
Vitamin D analogues with calcium
Orimo et al. 1994 (82) CT 80 F 70 40 IU Ac & 300mg Ca/d 1 yr Decreased vertebral fracture incidence
Shikari et al. 1996 (83) CT 113 F 70 30 IU Ac & 300mg Ca/d 2 yrs Decreased incidence of fractures
Stempfle et al. 1999 (86) CT 132 M/F 50 10 IU Cl & 1000mg Ca/d 3 yrs No effect