Thread: Evaluating Risk versus Benefit of Drugs for MS
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Old 10-02-2006, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by pantos View Post
Just trying to understand this... How is the relative risk reduction of disability progression calculated?

Why is the placebo absolute risk reduction higher than the drug? How is it calculated?
If you read the link below, it explains it pretty clearly. Much better than I could do.

http://www.slate.com/id/2150354
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