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. 2003 Oct 27;3:22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-3-22

Table 3.

Sample sizes for various combinations of baseline (p) and follow-up (r) measures. Correlations for pre, post and mix are 0.7, 0.7 and 0.5. Results given relative to a trial with a single baseline and follow-up measure.

Number of baseline measures (p)
No. of follow-up measures (r) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 15
1 100% 94% 92% 90% 89% 89% 88% 88% 88% 88% 87% 87%
2 80% 74% 72% 70% 69% 69% 68% 68% 68% 68% 67% 67%
3 73% 67% 65% 64% 63% 62% 62% 61% 61% 61% 61% 60%
4 70% 64% 62% 60% 59% 59% 58% 58% 58% 58% 57% 57%
5 68% 62% 60% 58% 57% 57% 56% 56% 56% 56% 55% 55%
6 67% 61% 58% 57% 56% 56% 55% 55% 55% 54% 54% 54%
7 66% 60% 57% 56% 55% 55% 54% 54% 54% 53% 53% 53%
8 65% 59% 57% 55% 54% 54% 53% 53% 53% 53% 52% 52%
9 64% 59% 56% 55% 54% 53% 53% 53% 52% 52% 52% 51%
10 64% 58% 56% 54% 53% 53% 52% 52% 52% 52% 51% 51%
12 63% 57% 55% 54% 53% 52% 52% 51% 51% 51% 51% 50%
15 63% 57% 54% 53% 52% 52% 51% 51% 51% 50% 50% 50%