Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2017 Feb 7;32(3):611–617. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3019

Table 2.

Incidence rates of serious infection, composite CVD, and non-vertebral osteoporotic fracture within 365 days after initiation denosumab and zoledronic acid in the propensity score matched cohort

Denosumab N=2,467
Zoledronic acid N=2,467
Cases Person years IR*(95% CI) Cases Person years IR*(95% CI) IRR (95% CI)
Serious infection 42 1,618 25.96 (18.97-34.73) 62 1,994 31.1 (24.06-39.58) 0.83 (0.56-1.23)
Composite CVD 20 1,627 12.29 (7.74-18.61) 22 2,012 10.93 (7.05-16.25) 1.12 (0.61-2.05)
    Myocardial infarction 3 1,635 1.83 (0.51-4.90) 3 2,021 1.48 (0.41-3.96) 1.24 (0.25-6.14)
    Stroke 1 1,636 0.61 (0.06-2.85) 4 2,020 1.98 (0.66-4.71) 0.31 (0.03-2.77)
    Coronary revascularization 5 1,634 3.06 (1.16-6.71) 7 2,019 3.47 (1.55-6.81) 0.88 (0.28-2.77)
    Heart failure 14 1,629 8.59 (4.92-14.03) 11 2,018 5.45 (2.89-9.43) 1.58 (0.72-3.48)
Non-vertebral osteoporotic fracture 60 1,606 37.36 (28.78-47.74) 58 1,988 29.17 (22.37-37.43) 1.28 (0.89-1.84)

CI=confidence interval; IR=incidence rate; IRR=incidence rate ratio

*

Per 1,000 person-years

Zoledronic acid users were the reference group