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. 2014 Oct 17;6:ecurrents.md.e1e8f2be7c949f9ffe81ec6fca1cce6a. [Version 1] doi: 10.1371/currents.md.e1e8f2be7c949f9ffe81ec6fca1cce6a

Table 3. Sample sizes required for 80% power to detect effect.

Each cell denotes the total sample size required. For example, if HR is 1.5 and 20% of individuals are treated, a study requires a total of 459 patients (367 untreated, 92 treated).

Proportion of individuals assigned to treatment
HR 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
1.1 13029 7296 5534 4821 4608
1.2 3701 2063 1558 1351 1286
1.3 1856 1030 774 668 633
1.4 1170 646 484 416 393
1.5 835 459 342 293 275
2.0 335 180 131 110 102
3.0 171 88 62 50 45