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Table 2 Mean (±SD) standardized difference in proportions and in means in superiority and noninferiority trials.

From: What differences are detected by superiority trials or ruled out by noninferiority trials? A cross-sectional study on a random sample of two-hundred two-arms parallel group randomized clinical trials

 

Superiority trials

Noninferiority trials

Pvalue*

 

Mean (SD)

No.

Mean (SD)

No.

 

Standardized difference in proportions

0.37 (0.20)

60

0.27 (0.12)

86

0.001

Standardized difference in means

0.56 (0.30)

40

0.40 (0.11)

14

0.006

Standardized difference

0.45 (0.26)

100

0.29 (0.13)

100

<0.001

  1. SD: standard deviation; *Student t test