Kobebucsfan Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Apr 20, 2010 Messages 736 Reaction score 16 Aug 28, 2016 #1 Are they asking Number needed to treat ? Members don't see this ad. Attachments nnt.png 24 KB · Views: 44
J justabanana Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Dec 6, 2011 Messages 80 Reaction score 59 Aug 29, 2016 #2 Yep. I think so. Plus a little bit of extra multiplication. Iu=25/1000 Ie=15/1000 Iu-Ie=10/1000=.01 NNT=1/.01= 100 = Treat 100 ppl to save 1. *$1000*5years=$500,000 for one life saved. Upvote 0 Downvote
Yep. I think so. Plus a little bit of extra multiplication. Iu=25/1000 Ie=15/1000 Iu-Ie=10/1000=.01 NNT=1/.01= 100 = Treat 100 ppl to save 1. *$1000*5years=$500,000 for one life saved.
D dempty Aug 29, 2016 #3 justabanana said: Yep. I think so. Plus a little bit of extra multiplication. Iu=25/1000 Ie=15/1000 Iu-Ie=10/1000=.01 NNT=1/.01= 100 = Treat 100 ppl to save 1. $1000 (per person per year)*100 people*5years=$500,000 for one life saved over 5 year window. Click to expand... Added some small things in bold text to make it a little more clear what you did. They took a basic NNT question and tried to make it convoluted. Upvote 0 Downvote
justabanana said: Yep. I think so. Plus a little bit of extra multiplication. Iu=25/1000 Ie=15/1000 Iu-Ie=10/1000=.01 NNT=1/.01= 100 = Treat 100 ppl to save 1. $1000 (per person per year)*100 people*5years=$500,000 for one life saved over 5 year window. Click to expand... Added some small things in bold text to make it a little more clear what you did. They took a basic NNT question and tried to make it convoluted.
