Table 1 Marginal (individual) power obtained for each outcome, when analysing two (top), three (middle) or four (bottom) continuous outcomes using a variety of methods to control the FWER
Pairwise correlation between outcomes | None | Bonferroni | Holm | Hochberg | Hommel | Stepdown minP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Two outcomes | ||||||
0 | 80.9 | 72.4 | 78.5 | 79.2 | 79.2 | 78.2 |
0.2 | 80.6 | 71.8 | 77.8 | 78.6 | 78.6 | 77.7 |
0.4 | 80.0 | 71.3 | 76.6 | 77.7 | 77.7 | 76.7 |
0.6 | 80.0 | 71.0 | 76.0 | 77.4 | 77.4 | 76.7 |
0.8 | 80.3 | 71.3 | 75.6 | 77.4 | 77.4 | 77.2 |
Three outcomes | ||||||
0 | 80.2 | 65.9 | 75.2 | 76.7 | 76.8 | 75.5 |
0.2 | 80.5 | 66.4 | 75.0 | 76.6 | 76.7 | 75.3 |
0.4 | 80.2 | 65.7 | 73.8 | 75.4 | 75.6 | 73.2 |
0.6 | 80.0 | 65.7 | 73.3 | 75.0 | 75.2 | 73.8 |
0.8 | 80.0 | 65.9 | 72.2 | 74.6 | 74.8 | 76.1 |
Four outcomes | ||||||
0 | 80.5 | 62.3 | 73.2 | 75.0 | 75.2 | 72.7 |
0.2 | 80.4 | 62.3 | 72.6 | 74.4 | 74.8 | 72.2 |
0.4 | 80.6 | 62.4 | 72.1 | 74.1 | 74.4 | 72.2 |
0.6 | 80.3 | 62.0 | 70.7 | 73.1 | 73.5 | 72.3 |
0.8 | 80.3 | 61.9 | 69.7 | 73.2 | 73.6 | 73.5 |