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. 2019 Jul 3;9(7):e030283. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030283

Table 3.

Probability of observing no events, at least one event or at least two events for a range of hypothetical true event rates

True event rate (%) Number of participants No events At least one event At least two events
1 4 0.96 0.04 <0.01
8 0.92 0.08 <0.01
12 0.89 0.11 0.01
16 0.85 0.15 0.01
28 0.75 0.25 0.03
5 4 0.81 0.19 0.01
8 0.66 0.34 0.06
12 0.54 0.46 0.12
16 0.44 0.56 0.19
28 0.24 0.76 0.41
10 4 0.66 0.34 0.05
8 0.43 0.57 0.19
12 0.28 0.72 0.34
16 0.19 0.81 0.49
28 0.05 0.95 0.78
20 4 0.41 0.59 0.18
8 0.17 0.83 0.50
12 0.07 0.93 0.73
16 0.03 0.97 0.86
28 <0.01 >0.99 0.98
30 4 0.24 0.76 0.35
8 0.06 0.94 0.74
12 0.01 0.99 0.91
16 <0.01 >0.99 0.97
28 <0.01 >0.99 >0.99