Table 2.

Causes of Death in Placebo‐ and Zoledronic Acid–Treated Patients

	Zoledronic acid, N = 1054	Placebo, N = 1057	P valuea
All causes (%)	101 (9.6)	141 (13.3)	0.01
Cardiac	36 (3.4)	52 (4.9)	0.10
Infectious	18 (1.7)	14 (1.3)	0.48
Respiratory	13 (1.2)	22 (2.1)	0.17
Neoplasms	7 (0.7)	13 (1.2)	0.26
Cerebrovascular	10 (1.0)	11 (1.0)	1.00
Gastrointestinal	2 (0.2)	4 (0.4)	0.69
Cachexia/failure to thrive	1 (0.1)	1 (0.1)	1.00
Renal	1 (0.1)	3 (0.3)	0.62
Other vascular	3 (0.3)	3 (0.3)	1.00

^a P value based on Fisher's exact test.