Calcium and vitamin D (CaD) supplementation trials including the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial of CaD have shown nonsignificant reductions in total mortality. This report examines intervention effects on total and cause-specific mortality by age and adherence.
Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and mortality in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative calcium-vitamin D randomized controlled trial.
WHI Clinical Coordinating Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, M3-A410, PO Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA. alacroix@whi.org
