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. 2012 Apr 25;12:57. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-57

Table 3.

Example statistics for randomized controlled trials on vitamin B12 intake and vitamin B12 status

Reference
 
Observed univariate statistics
 
 
Required statistics
 
    X0* Type Y0 Y0 n mX mY sY bYX se(bYX)
[16]
intervention
405
mean, SD
379, 189
17
6.00
5.83
0.47
0.12
0.03
 
control
5
mean, SD
211, 77
17
1.61
5.29
0.35
 
 
[17]
intervention
505
med, IQR
198, 158-271
20
6.22
5.29
0.40
0.13
0.04
  control 5 med, IQR 110, 73-165 20 1.61 4.70 0.60    

*) X0 represents the dose provided plus the dietary intake. When dietary intake of vitamin B12 was not reported 5 μg/day was added to the provided dose. The 5 μg/day was calculated as the average dietary intake from several studies.