1. Table 3 shows the experiences of 200 people who took a medication designed to prevent a...

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1. Table 3 shows the experiences of 200 people who took a medication designed to prevent a certain condition. Calculate the absolute and the relative risk reduction
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Took Medication Took Placebo Developed condition Did not develop condition Total 40 50 160 200 150 200

due to taking the medication. Also, calculate the number of people who must take the medication in order for one person to be helped?
2. Suppose that a certain drug intervention has a relative risk reduction of 25% and 12 people taking the drug developed the condition. How many people in the control group developed the condition?

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Finite Mathematics and Its Applications

ISBN: 978-0134768632

12th edition

Authors: Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Schneider, Martha J. Siegel, Steven Hair

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