Pooling data for number needed to treat: no problems for apples
R. Andrew Moore‚ David J. Gavaghan‚ Jayne E. Edwards‚ Phillip Wiffen and Henry J. McQuay
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To consider the problem of the calculation of number needed to treat (NNT) derived from risk difference, odds ratio, and raw pooled events shown to give different results using data from a review of nursing interventions for smoking cessation. DISCUSSION: A review of nursing interventions for smoking cessation from the Cochrane Library provided different v
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| Journal |
BMC Medical Research Methodology − Latest Articles |
| Keywords |
treatment outcome |
| Publisher |
BioMed Central |
| Volume |
2 |
| Year |
2002 |
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