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

Table 5.

Sample sizes for various combinations of baseline (p) and follow-up (r) measures. Correlations for pre, post and mix are 0.9, 0.9 and 0.8. 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% 91% 87% 86% 85% 84% 83% 83% 83% 82% 82% 82%
2 86% 77% 73% 72% 71% 70% 69% 69% 69% 69% 68% 68%
3 81% 72% 69% 67% 66% 65% 65% 64% 64% 64% 64% 63%
4 79% 70% 66% 65% 64% 63% 63% 62% 62% 62% 61% 61%
5 78% 68% 65% 63% 62% 62% 61% 61% 60% 60% 60% 59%
6 77% 67% 64% 62% 61% 61% 60% 60% 60% 59% 59% 59%
7 76% 67% 63% 62% 61% 60% 60% 59% 59% 59% 58% 58%
8 76% 66% 63% 61% 60% 60% 59% 59% 58% 58% 58% 57%
9 75% 66% 63% 61% 60% 59% 59% 58% 58% 58% 57% 57%
10 75% 66% 62% 61% 60% 59% 58% 58% 58% 57% 57% 57%
12 75% 65% 62% 60% 59% 58% 58% 57% 57% 57% 57% 56%
15 74% 65% 61% 60% 59% 58% 57% 57% 57% 56% 56% 56%