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. 2022 Jun 10;23:480. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06296-8

Table 4.

The total number of people needed (with 1:1 randomisation) for detecting a given reduction in risk with 90% power and a significance level of 0.025 (one-sided)

Cumulative number of cases/1000 over 2 years of follow-up
RR 30/1000 40/1000 50/1000
0.4 2664 1982 1574
0.5 4106 3054 2424
0.6 6834 5082 4032