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

Table 4.

Sample sizes for various combinations of baseline (p) and follow-up (r) measures. Correlations for pre, post and mix are 0.5, 0.5 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% 89% 83% 80% 78% 76% 75% 74% 73% 73% 72% 71%
2 67% 56% 50% 47% 44% 43% 42% 41% 40% 39% 38% 38%
3 56% 44% 39% 36% 33% 32% 31% 30% 29% 28% 27% 26%
4 50% 39% 33% 30% 28% 26% 25% 24% 23% 23% 22% 21%
5 47% 36% 30% 27% 24% 23% 22% 21% 20% 19% 18% 18%
6 44% 33% 28% 24% 22% 21% 19% 19% 18% 17% 16% 15%
7 43% 32% 26% 23% 21% 19% 18% 17% 16% 16% 15% 14%
8 42% 31% 25% 22% 19% 18% 17% 16% 15% 14% 13% 13%
9 41% 30% 24% 21% 19% 17% 16% 15% 14% 13% 13% 12%
10 40% 29% 23% 20% 18% 16% 15% 14% 13% 13% 12% 11%
12 39% 28% 22% 19% 17% 15% 14% 13% 12% 12% 11% 10%
15 38% 27% 21% 18% 16% 14% 13% 12% 11% 11% 10% 9%