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. 2021 Jun 19;14(1):79–89. doi: 10.1007/s12561-021-09315-5

Table 4.

Overlapping coefficient, standardized overlapping coefficient, nominal number of patients to be borrowed, and power parameter (or exponent) in each stratum for arm A

PS stratum Total
1 2 3 4 5
Current study (n) 80 80 80 80 80 400
EU registry (n) 269 218 160 196 98 941
Overlapping coefficient 0.79 0.79 0.83 0.84 0.90
Standardized overlapping coefficient (%) 19 19 20 20 22 100
Patients borrowed (= 100 × Std. Overlap. Coef.) 19 19 20 20 22 100
α (or λ) [= Patients Borrowed/EU registry (n)] 0.07 0.09 0.13 0.10 0.22