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

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

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 vertebral levels 2–4; CIs, confidence intervals; NECK, femoral neck; BMD, bone mineral density; SD, standard deviation; IV, inverse variance.