Table VI.

Comparison of power for models with six follow-up visits.

				Multistate Markov models
Scenario	N per group	Repeated logistic	7-state	6-state	5-state*	5-state	4-state
3 to 2 only	100	12.8	47.5	50.4	53.5	7.3	8.8
	150	17.9	70.6	74.2	71.1	9.2	9.5
	200	20.8	83.3	86.2	85.7	9.3	10.3
	250	25.1	92.0	92.0	92.6	11.3	12.5
	300	30.6	95.3	95.9	97.2	13.0	13.0
	400	35.6	99.3	99.0	99.6	15.5	15.6
	500	46.9	99.4	99.4	99.9	17.3	18.0
All shifts	100	63.0	41.2	38.8	–	41.3	37.3
	150	83.3	55.8	52.3	–	56.2	51.8
	200	91.7	71.8	70.0	–	71.6	71.1
	250	96.0	82.6	79.8	–	82.9	80.6
	300	98.0	91.3	87.7	–	91.5	87.8
	400	99.8	97.3	96.3	–	95.5	95.2
	500	100.0	99.3	99.0	–	99.2	98.3