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Table 5 Treatment Effects and Outcome Events for Dichotomous Variables

From: The orthopaedic trauma literature: an evaluation of statistically significant findings in orthopaedic trauma randomized trials

Number Outcome Events

No. Studies

Relative Risk* Reduction

95% confidence Interval

P Value

0–25

29

73%

67%–79%

 
    

P = 0.007

25–50

15

59%

50%–67%

 
    

P = 0.005

51–75

4

33%

15%–50%

 
    

P = 0.20

75–100

2

16%

0.01%–41%

 
  1. * Represented as the mean relative risk reduction across studies