Table 4.
Sensitivity analysis for two outcomes. The table reports the upper bound on a one-sided P-value, which may be doubled for a two-sided P-value. The sensitivity analysis for all 2298 pairs takes the common value of Γ equal to the tabled value for Γ1.
| Alive without deep vein thrombosis or readmission at 30 days (McNemar’s test) | |||||
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| Γ1 | Γ2 | Finely balanced (type 1) (1354 type 1 pairs) |
Usual practice (type 2) (944 type 2 pairs) |
Fisher combination of type 1 and type 2 |
All pairs, one Γ 2298 pairs |
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| 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.001 | 0.368 | 0.004 | 0.005 |
| 1.100 | 1.000 | 0.010 | 0.368 | 0.024 | 0.048 |
| 1.200 | 1.000 | 0.044 | 0.368 | 0.083 | 0.196 |
| 1.250 | 1.000 | 0.079 | 0.368 | 0.132 | 0.317 |
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| Time to death or readmission within 30 days (Albers’ test) | |||||
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| Γ1 | Γ2 | Finely balanced (type 1) (1354 type 1 pairs) |
Usual practice (type 2) (944 type 2 pairs) |
Fisher combination of type 1 and type 2 |
All pairs, one Γ 2298 pairs |
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| 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.025 | 0.312 | 0.045 | 0.033 |
| 1.100 | 1.000 | 0.081 | 0.312 | 0.119 | 0.135 |