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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2022 Jul 28;387(4):299–309. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2202106

Table 2.

Hazard Ratios for the Primary, Secondary, and Exploratory End Points, According to Randomized Assignment to Vitamin D or Placebo, in Intention-to-Treat Analyses.*

End Point Vitamin D Group (N = 12,927) Placebo Group (N = 12,944) Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
no. of participants with event
Primary end points: confirmed incident fractures
  Total 769 782 0.98 (0.89–1.08)
  Nonvertebral 721 744 0.97 (0.87–1.07)
  Hip 57 56 1.01 (0.70–1.47)
Secondary end points: confirmed incident fractures excluding toe, finger, skull, periprosthetic, and pathologic fractures
  Total 678 685 0.99 (0.89–1.10)
  Nonvertebral 630 649 0.97 (0.87–1.08)
  Hip 54 52 1.03 (0.70–1.52)
Exploratory end points: confirmed incident fractures excluding periprosthetic and pathologic fractures
  Major osteoporotic fractures: hip, wrist, humerus, or clinical spine fractures 276 278 0.99 (0.83–1.17)
  Pelvic 32 29 1.08 (0.64–1.80)
  Wrist 118 132 0.89 (0.69–1.15)
*

Analyses were performed with the use of Cox proportional-hazards models that were adjusted for age, sex, race or ethnic group, and n–3 fatty acid randomization group. Confidence intervals were not adjusted for multiple comparisons, and inferences drawn from them may not be reproducible.