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Table 6 Comparison of the non-stratified and stratified log-rank type test for different number of strata

From: On comparison of net survival curves

Length of age interval for stratification (no. of strata)

Size

Power

non-stratified

0.042

0.500

10 years (3 strata)

0.049

0.538

5 years (6 strata)

0.049

0.546

1 year (30 strata)

0.051

0.534

6 months (60 strata)

0.050

0.516

1 month (360 strata)

0.050

0.368

  1. XD (sex is the categorical covariate of interest), SD (age (grouped) is the stratification covariate)