ReviewCMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2004
Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 1. Relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction and number needed to treat.
Review in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
61 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Completeness of reporting and risks of overstating impact in cluster randomised trials: a systematic review.The Lancet. Global health · 2021Pooled it
- The Risk of Atrial Fibrillation With Ivabradine Treatment: A Meta-analysis With Trial Sequential Analysis of More Than 40000 Patients.Clinical cardiology · 2016Pooled it
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- Absolute risk reduction in osteoporosis: assessing treatment efficacy by number needed to treat.Rheumatology international · 2010Pooled it
- Systematic review of postural control and lateral ankle instability, part II: is balance training clinically effective?Journal of athletic trainingPooled it
- A novel approach to medicines optimisation post-discharge from hospital: pharmacist-led medicines optimisation clinic.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2020Trial
- Public-private partnerships improve health outcomes in individuals with early stage Alzheimer's disease.Clinical interventions in aging · 2014Trial
- The dose-response effects of aerobic exercise on musculoskeletal injury: a post hoc analysis of a randomized trial.Research in sports medicine (Print)Trial
- Agreement between the EQ-5D-5L anxiety/depression dimension and GAD-7/PHQ-9 for psychological distress assessment in patients with hematologic malignancies.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Seasonal influenza vaccine and frequency of adverse events in health workers receiving two doses of AstraZeneca vaccine: a retrospective cohort study.Virus research · 2026Article
- The impact of solid organ transplantation on sexual dysfunction and infertility in older men and women: A Claims Based Study.International journal of impotence research · 2026Article
- Childhood appendectomy is linked with higher digestive, respiratory, and genitourinary disease risk but lower inflammatory bowel disease risk.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2026Article
- Predictive Modeling of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in RCTs: A Scoping Review.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Potential clinical impact of predictive modeling of heterogeneous treatment effects: scoping review of the impact of the PATH Statement.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Comment on "Comparison of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor and Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor on the Risks of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation, Stroke and Mortality in Diabetic Patients".Cardiovascular drugs and therapy · 2024Article
- Interpreting results from randomized controlled trials: What measures to focus on in clinical practice.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- The Wider Considerations in Closing Chronic Disease Gaps - Focus on Heart Failure and Implementation.Current cardiology reviews · 2023Review
- Visualizing Time-Varying Effect in Survival Analysis: 5 Complementary Plots to Kaplan-Meier Curve.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2022Article
- Socioeconomic gaps over time in colorectal cancer survival in England: flexible parametric survival analysis.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2021Article
- Clinician Conceptualization of the Benefits of Treatments for Individual Patients.JAMA network open · 2021Article
1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
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Registered trials
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