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. 2019 Jun 21;19:129. doi: 10.1186/s12874-019-0754-4

Table 3.

Sample size required to obtain 90% disjunctive power and 90% marginal power when analysing two outcomes, after applying a Bonferroni correction

Standardised effect sizes for each of the 2 outcomes Sample size required to obtain 90% DISJUNCTIVE power Sample size required to obtain 90% MARGINAL power for each outcome
Correlation between outcomes
Outcome 1 Outcome 2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 Outcome 1 Outcome 2
0.2 0.2 402 436 475 522 622 622
0.2 0.3 237 251 264 274 622 278
0.2 0.4 145 150 154 156 622 157
0.2 0.5 96 98 99 100 622 101
0.3 0.3 179 194 211 232 278 278
0.3 0.4 126 135 144 152 278 157
0.3 0.5 89 93 97 99 278 101
0.4 0.4 101 109 119 131 157 157
0.4 0.5 78 84 90 96 157 101
0.5 0.5 65 70 76 84 101 101

Sample sizes provided are required per arm. A Bonferroni correction is applied for all calculations to account for the multiple comparisons