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Calcium supplement intake and risk of cardiovascular disease in women.

Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2014The record

1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null

What it reported

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Every finding here is a null result.

What did not

1 finding

  • Ca(2+) — no detected effect on incidence of stroke

    Evidence strength: moderate.FindingNull resultreplicated ×1
    “After adjusting for age, the relative risk of stroke was 0.89 (95% CI 0.77, 1.04; p for trend=0.007) for women taking >1,000mg/day of calcium supplements compared with none, but was no longer significant after multivariable adjustment (1.03; 95% CI 0.87, 1.21; p for trend=0.61) (Table 2).”
    Quoted verbatim from Calcium supplement intake and risk of cardiovascular disease in women..
    Study
    cohort
    Dose
    >1,000 mg/day supplemental calcium versus none
    Population
    Women in the Nurses' Health Study free of cardiovascular disease and cancer at baseline, 24 years of follow-up; supplemental calcium above 1,000 mg/day compared with none, multivariable-adjusted

    Effect 1.03 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.87 to 1.21

    Calcium supplement intake and risk of cardiovascular disease in women.2014PMID:2480333110.1007/s00198-014-2732-3Permalink