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. 2022 Jan 6;12(1):e052880. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052880

Table 3.

Probability of observing 0 events, 1 or more events and 2 or more events, for a range of hypothetical true event rates

True event rate (%) Number of participants 0 events 1+ events 2+ events
1 6 0.94 0.06 <0.01
12 0.89 0.11 <0.01
24 0.79 0.21 0.02
54 0.58 0.42 0.1
4.8 6 0.74 0.26 0.03
12 0.55 0.45 0.11
24 0.31 0.69 0.32
54 0.07 0.93 0.74
6 6 0.69 0.31 0.05
12 0.48 0.52 0.16
24 0.23 0.77 0.43
54 0.04 0.96 0.84
10 6 0.53 0.47 0.11
12 0.28 0.72 0.34
24 0.08 0.92 0.71
54 <0.01 >0.99 0.98
30 6 0.12 0.88 0.58
12 0.01 0.99 0.91
24 <0.01 >0.99 >0.99
54 <0.01 >0.99 >0.99