In a clinical trial of 2103 subjects treated with a certain

Last updated: 2/27/2024

In a clinical trial of 2103 subjects treated with a certain drug 21 reported headaches In a control group of 1693 subjects given a placebo 22 reported headaches Denoting the proportion of headaches in the treatment group by P and denoting the proportion of headaches in the control placebo group by pc the relative risk is p pe The relative risk is a measure of the strength of the effect of the drug treatment Another such measure is the odds ratio which is the ratio of the odds in favor of a headache for the treatment group to the odds in favor of a headache for P 1 Pt Pc 1 Pc the control placebo group found by evaluating The relative risk and odds ratios are commonly used in medicine and epidemiological studies Find the relative risk and odds ratio for the headache data What do the results suggest about the risk of a headache from the drug treatment Find the relative risk for the headache data The relative risk Round to three decimal places as needed