Table 5.
Comparison of the values for odds ratio, absolute benefit, relative risk and number needed to treat effectiveness metrics calculated for populations A, B and C and drugs 1 and using efficacy metrics from trial 1 for each drug
| Drug 1 | Drug 2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial 1 | Population | Trial 1 | Population | |||||
| A | B | C | A | B | C | |||
| OR | 0.182 | 0.182 | 0.124 | 0.165 | 0.932 | 0.932 | 0.908 | 0.927 |
| AB | 0.261 | 0.261 | 0.290 | 0.173 | 0.016 | 0.016 | 0.022 | 0.013 |
| RR | 0.255 | 0.255 | 0.174 | 0.201 | 0.955 | 0.955 | 0.938 | 0.942 |
| NNT | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 63 | 63 | 46 | 79 |
AB absolute benefit, NNT number needed to treat, OR odds ratio, RR relative risk