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Table 2 Unweighted and weighted fracture rates in 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 years of adherent treatment with RLX and ALN

From: Fractures in women treated with raloxifene or alendronate: a retrospective database analysis

Length of followup

Before propensity weighting

After propensity weighting

RLX

ALN

P-value

RLX

ALN

P-value

 

%

Lower 95% CI

Upper 95% CI

%

Lower 95% CI

Upper 95% CI

 

%

Lower 95% CI

Upper 95% CI

%

Lower 95% CI

Upper 95% CI

 

Vertebral Fracture

              

1-year

0.19%

0.13%

0.25%

0.30%

0.27%

0.35%

0.002

0.34%

0.31%

0.38%

0.30%

0.27%

0.34%

0.334

3-years

0.67%

0.50%

0.83%

1.00%

0.89%

1.14%

0.002

0.93%

0.83%

1.03%

0.97%

0.87%

1.08%

0.720

5-years

0.92%

0.59%

1.26%

1.70%

1.40%

2.03%

0.002

1.48%

1.25%

1.71%

1.69%

1.43%

1.94%

0.451

6-years

1.20%

0.60%

1.81%

1.99%

1.44%

2.54%

0.083

1.28%

0.93%

1.64%

1.90%

1.46%

2.34%

0.169

7-years

1.38%

0.49%

2.28%

3.10%

2.08%

4.19%

0.024

2.14%

1.46%

2.82%

3.11%

2.29%

3.94%

0.231

8-years

0.92%

0.00%

2.19%

3.32%

1.39%

5.25%

0.071

3.70%

2.12%

5.27%

3.80%

2.19%

5.41%

0.952

Nonvertebral Fracture

              

1-year

1.96%

1.78%

2.14%

2.20%

2.10%

2.31%

0.023

2.36%

2.27%

2.45%

2.15%

2.06%

2.24%

0.056

3-years

6.48%

5.99%

6.97%

6.80%

6.48%

7.12%

0.281

7.31%

7.04%

7.58%

6.70%

6.40%

6.93%

0.034

5-years

9.71%

8.67%

10.75%

11.80%

11.05%

12.61%

0.002

10.73%

10.14%

11.33%

11.48%

10.85%

12.12%

0.271

6-years

12.36%

10.53%

14.19%

13.18%

11.85%

14.52%

0.479

13.99%

12.89%

15.10%

12.99%

11.90%

14.07%

0.395

7-years

13.85%

11.19%

16.50%

15.29%

13.12%

17.46%

0.414

17.53%

15.74%

19.32%

15.29%

13.58%

17.01%

0.222

8-years

15.67%

10.83%

20.50%

18.73%

14.53%

22.93%

0.356

12.97%

10.16%

15.78%

18.82%

15.53%

22.12%

0.071

  1. ALN=alendronate; RLX=raloxifene.