Guest guest Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Respected members,I have attached an image a Promotional literature which shows Relative risk reduction and not Absolute risk reduction.Along with it, I have provided the original Lancet article of Caprie which shows the results of the original study.From this Promotional literature, I have explained the complete appraisal of a promotional literature Check-list Are the risks relative or absolute? Relative. Absolute = 0.51% Is the result statistically significant? Yes. P = .045 95% CI Is the result clinically significant? No NNT = 1/ARR =1/.005 =200 -Does the size of the effect shown equal the size of the effect in the data? No Are the references "real?†Yes, the “CAPRIE†study, The Lancet, Vol. 348, November 16,1996. Regards Dr Sanjay Yallappa Choudhari JR3,Dept of Pharmacology GMC, Nagpur 1 of 1 File(s) Img 1.doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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