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Table 8 Effect of intervention on recurrent falls, as measured by fall-specific rate ratios and 95% confidence intervals

From: On reporting results from randomized controlled trials with recurrent events

Effect

Conditional, total follow-up time*

Condtional, gap time†

Marginal‡

Control

1.00

1.00

1.00

Intervention

 

   fall 1

0.68 (0.57, 0.83)

0.68 (0.57, 0.83)

0.68 (0.57, 0.83)

   fall 2

0.46 (0.36, 0.59)

0.46 (0.36, 0.59)

0.42 (0.33, 0.54)

   fall 3

0.53 (0.38, 0.75)

0.53 (0.38, 0.75)

0.30 (0.21, 0.42)

   fall 4

0.50 (0.30, 0.85)

0.53 (0.31, 0.88)

0.20 (0.12, 0.34)

  1. *effects on recurrent falls were not different (χ 2 = 6.6, df = 3, p = 0.08)
  2. †effects on recurrent falls were not different (χ 2 = 6.7, df = 3, p = 0.08)
  3. ‡effects on recurrent falls were different (χ 2 = 32.2, df = 3, p < 0.0001)