TABLE 3.

Effects of Interventions on Mortality in the Pooled Clinical Trials

		Relative Risk
Cause of Death	Statistical Comparison	Boston8	Oakland6	2 Trials	Significance (2 trials)
All cause	TM vs usual care	1.13	0.60	0.89	0.21
	TM vs other active therapy	0.79	0.58	0.73	0.03
	Other active therapy vs usual care	1.33	1.16	1.26	0.43
	TM vs combined controls	0.85	0.61	0.77	0.04
Cardiovascular disease	TM vs usual care	1.65	0.16	0.82	0.10
	TM vs other active therapy	0.80	0.23	0.68	0.06
	Other active therapy vs usual care	1.79	0.69	1.23	0.74
	TM vs combined controls	0.92	0.19	0.70	0.05
Cancer	TM vs usual care	0.54	0.69	0.65	0.47
	TM vs other active therapy	0.20	0.69	0.44	0.09
	Other active therapy vs usual care	2.49	1.25	1.56	0.52
	TM vs combined controls	0.24	0.73	0.51	0.15