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| 56 | '''Comparator.''' Placebo-controlled and active-controlled trials answer different questions. A placebo-adjusted difference and an absolute change are frequently confused; see [[Placebo-adjusted effect]]. | 56 | '''Comparator.''' Placebo-controlled and active-controlled trials answer different questions. A placebo-adjusted difference and an absolute change are frequently confused; see [[Placebo-adjusted effect]]. |
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| + | 58 | == Outcome trials are a different kind of evidence == | |
| + | 59 | {{seealso|SELECT trial|FLOW trial|LEADER trial}} | |
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| + | 61 | Three of the rows report hazard ratios for clinical events rather than changes in a measurement. These are the strongest evidence in the table and the least comparable to the rest of it: an event-driven trial reports a relative risk over years in a population selected for risk, and a hazard ratio cannot be placed alongside a percentage weight change in any meaningful ordering. | |
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| 58 | == References == | 63 | == References == |
| 59 | {{reflist}} | 64 | {{reflist}} |