Factors that can affect the external validity of randomised controlled trials - PubMed (original) (raw)
Factors that can affect the external validity of randomised controlled trials
Peter M Rothwell. PLoS Clin Trials. 2006 May.
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Figure 1. The Absolute Reductions in the Five-Year Risks of Ipsilateral Ischaemic Stroke (Top) and Any Stroke or Death (Bottom) with Surgery in European Carotid Surgery Trial Centres in Which the Median Delay from Last Symptomatic Event to Randomisation Was Less than or Equal to 50 Days (Fast Centres) Compared with Centres with a Longer Delay (Slow Centres)
Data are shown separately for patients with moderate (50%–69%) and severe (70%–99%) carotid stenosis.
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