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. 2021 Jun 1;21:111. doi: 10.1186/s12874-021-01308-8

Table 3.

Hypothesis testing using log-rank test with true IPD versus with reconstructed IPD based on data points extracted using different software

Results based Results based on reconstructed IPD
on true IPD IPDfromKM DigitizeIt ScanIt
HR(SE) p-value HR(SE) p-value HR(SE) p-value HR(SE) p-value
Simulated curves:
1 0.47(0.12) <0.001 0.48(0.13) <0.001 0.47(0.12) <0.001 0.47(0.12) <0.001
2 0.40(0.18) <0.001 0.40(0.18) <0.001 0.40(0.18) <0.001 0.40(0.18) <0.001
3 0.70(0.12) 0.002 0.70(0.12) 0.003 0.71(0.12) 0.003 0.70(0.12) 0.002
4 1.06(0.16) 0.735 1.06(0.16) 0.727 1.05(0.16) 0.761 1.05(0.16) 0.780
5 0.76(0.13) 0.028 0.77(0.13) 0.044 0.77(0.13) 0.039 0.77(0.13) 0.037
6 0.48(0.16) <0.001 0.48(0.16) <0.001 0.48(0.16) <0.001 0.48(0.16) <0.001
Real trial example:
1 0.49(0.22) 0.068 0.48(0.41) 0.064 0.46(0.38) 0.041 0.45(0.41) 0.041
2 0.54(0.14) 0.014 0.54(0.26) 0.017 0.56(0.26) 0.020 0.53(0.26) 0.013
3 0.59(0.11) 0.005 0.58(0.19) 0.005 0.58(0.19) 0.005 0.59(0.19) 0.007
4 1.04(0.29) 0.871 1.06(0.26) 0.830 0.99(0.25) 0.959 1.03(0.26) 0.917
5 0.73(0.12) 0.040 0.72(0.15) 0.031 0.70(0.14) 0.019 0.72(0.15) 0.036

HR hazard ratio, SE standard error