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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Res. 2020 Jan 2;126(1):112–128. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.119.314541

Table 3.

Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of primary, secondary, and other outcomes by randomized assignment to vitamin Da

Endpoint Vitamin D (N = 12,927) Placebo (N = 12,944) HR 95% CI
no. of participants w/event
Cardiovascular disease (CVD),
primary and secondary outcomes
  Major CVD eventb,c 396 409 0.97 0.85–1.12
  Expanded CVD eventd 536 558 0.96 0.86–1.08
  Total myocardial infarction 169 176 0.96 0.78–1.19
  Total stroke 141 149 0.95 0.76–1.20
  Cardiovascular mortality 152 138 1.11 0.88–1.40
Other vascular outcomese
  Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) 182 188 0.97 0.79–1.19
  Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) 73 98 0.75 0.55–1.01
  Fatal MI 24 15 1.60 0.84–3.06
  Fatal stroke 19 23 0.84 0.46–1.54
Total invasive cancerb 793 824 0.96 0.88–1.06
  Cancer mortality 154 187 0.83 0.67–1.02
All-cause mortality 485 493 0.99 0.87–1.12

Excluding the first two years of follow-up:
Major CVD event 274 296 0.93 0.79–1.09
Total invasive cancer 490 522 0.94 0.83–1.06
  Cancer mortality 112 149 0.75 0.59–0.96
All-cause mortality 368 384 0.96 0.84–1.11
a

Analyses were from Cox regression models controlling for age, sex, and n-3 fatty acid randomization group. Analyses were not adjusted for multiple comparisons.

b

Primary outcome.

c

A composite of myocardial infarction, stroke, and cardiovascular mortality.

d

A composite of major cardiovascular events plus coronary revascularization (CABG + PCI).

e

Not prespecified as primary or secondary outcomes.