A novel method for interpreting survival analysis data: description and test on three major clinical trials on cardiovascular prevention

A novel method for interpreting survival analysis data: description and test on three major clinical trials on cardiovascular prevention

Abstract Background Major results of randomized clinical trials on cardiovascular prevention are currently provided in terms of relative or absolute risk reductions, including also the number needed to treat (NNT), incorrectly implying that a treatment might prevent the occurrence of the outcome/s u...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Mengozzi, Domenico Tricò, Andrea Natali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Survival analysis
Clinical trials
Hazard ratio
Kaplan-Meier
Non-parametric
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-020-04511-y

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