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. 2017 Apr 8;7(4):e014816. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014816

Table 2.

Potential power scenarios, depending on the proportion of events in the two vitamin D groups, when taking potentially varying proportions of hypovitaminosis D in the cohort into account

Potential percentage with any cardiovascular event in the group having vitamin D < 50 nmol/L (%) Potential percentage with any cardiovascular event in the group having vitamin D ≥ 50 nmol/L (%) Potential weighting Patients with vitamin Dtotal < 50 nmol/L: Patients with vitamin Dtotal ≥ 50 nmol/L Power
50 25 1:1 0.912
50 25 2:3 0.902
50 25 3:7 0.865
45 25 1:1 0.760
45 25 2:3 0.749
45 25 3:7 0.701
40 25 1:1 0.526
40 25 2:3 0.520
40 25 3:7 0.480