Table 1

Required numbers of pass articles for different widths of 95% confidence intervals (Ws) for treatment, diagnosis, and prognosis categories

Category
W (required number of pass articles)

Treatment
0.01 (9871)
0.02 (2468)
0.03 (1097)
0.04 (617)
0.05 (395)
0.06 (275)
0.07 (201)
0.08 (155)
0.09 (122)
0.10 (99)
Diagnosis
0.01 (35141)
0.02 (8786)
0.03 (3905)
0.04 (2197)
0.05 (1406)
0.06 (977)
0.07 (717)
0.08 (550)
0.09 (434)
0.10 (352)
Prognosis
0.01 (38335)
0.02 (9584)
0.03 (4259)
0.04 (2396)
0.05 (1534)
0.06 (1065)
0.07 (782)
0.08 (599)
0.09 (473)
0.10 (384)

Category
W (required number of pass articles)

Treatment
0.11 (82)
0.12 (69)
0.13 (58)
0.14 (51)
0.15 (44)
0.16 (39)
0.17 (34)
0.18 (31)
0.19 (27)
0.20 (25)
Diagnosis
0.11 (290)
0.12 (245)
0.13 (208)
0.14 (180)
0.15 (156)
0.16 (138)
0.17 (122)
0.18 (109)
0.19 (97)
0.20 (88)
Prognosis
0.11 (317)
0.12 (267)
0.13 (227)
0.14 (196)
0.15 (170)
0.16 (150)
0.17 (133)
0.18 (119)
0.19 (106)
0.20 (96)

Yao et al. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008 8:43   doi:10.1186/1472-6947-8-43