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. 2014 Mar 28;9:515–526. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S40465

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BMD change at L2–4 and the femoral neck. Pooled estimate for the BMD change after 12 months of treatment with Caltrate D at L2–4 (A), calcitriol + Caltrate D at L2–4 (B), Caltrate D at the femoral neck (C) and calcitriol + Caltrate D at the femoral neck (D).

Notes: Boxes denote estimated mean differences; bars show 95% CIs; diamond indicates pooled mean differences; and the width of the diamond indicates pooled CIs.

Abbreviations: L2–4, lumbar vertebrae 2–4; CIs, confidence intervals; BMD, bone mineral density; SD, standard deviation; pre-treat, pretreatment; after-treat, after treatment; IV, inverse variance.