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The number needed to treat (NNT) can be adjusted for bias when the outcome is measured with error.
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: We consider the number needed to treat (NNT) when the event of interest is defined by dichotomizing a continuous response at a threshold level. If the response is measured with error, the resulting NNT is biased. We consider methods to reduce this bias. METHODS: Bias adjustment was studied using simulations in which we varied the distributions of the underlying response and measurement error, including both normal and nonnormal distributions. We studied a maximum li...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Journal of clinical epidemiology
- Volume:
- 57
- Issue:
- 12
- Pages:
- 1244-1252
- Publication date:
- 2004-12-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1878-5921
- ISSN:
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0895-4356
- Source identifiers:
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164538
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:164538
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- pubs:164538
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2004
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