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. 2017 Nov 29;18:342. doi: 10.1186/s12882-017-0753-9

Table 4.

Estimation of average treatment effects and potential outcome mean of RAAS treatment on death after ESRD by diabetic groups

Model for diabetic patients Treatments RD LL UL NNT LL UL
 ATE RAAS1 vs non-RAAS 0.062 −0.037 0.161 16.1 −9.5 41.7
RAAS2 vs non-RAAS −0.059 −.0129 0.0112 −16.9 −36.9 3.18
Risk LL UL RR LL UL
 POM Non-RAAS 0.681 0.659 0.704 1
RAAS1 0.743 0.647 0.839 1.091 0.945 1.236
RAAS2 0.622 0.555 0.689 0.913 0.810 1.016
Model for non-diabetic patients Treatments RD LL UL NNT LL UL
 ATE RAAS1 vs non-RAAS 0.124 −0.059 0.306 8.1 −3.8 19.9
RAAS2 vs non-RAAS −0.121 −0.333 0.092 −8.3 −22.9 6.3
Risk LL UL RR LL UL
 POM Non-RAAS 0.596 0.576 0.617 1
RAAS1 0.719 0.539 0.901 1.209 0.909 1.509
RAAS2 0.475 0.264 0.687 0.798 0.435 1.162

ATE Average treatment effect, LL Lower limit, POM Potential outcome mean, RAAS1 Duration use of 0.25–1 year, RAAS2 Duration use of >1 year, RD Risk difference, RR Rate ratio, UL Upper limit