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Table 3 Hypothesis testing using log-rank test with true IPD versus with reconstructed IPD based on data points extracted using different software

From: IPDfromKM: reconstruct individual patient data from published Kaplan-Meier survival curves

 

Results based

 

Results based on reconstructed IPD

 

on true IPD

 

IPDfromKM

 

DigitizeIt

 

ScanIt

 

HR(SE)

p-value

 

HR(SE)

p-value

 

HR(SE)

p-value

 

HR(SE)

p-value

Simulated curves:

        

1

0.47(0.12)

<0.001

 

0.48(0.13)

<0.001

 

0.47(0.12)

<0.001

 

0.47(0.12)

<0.001

2

0.40(0.18)

<0.001

 

0.40(0.18)

<0.001

 

0.40(0.18)

<0.001

 

0.40(0.18)

<0.001

3

0.70(0.12)

0.002

 

0.70(0.12)

0.003

 

0.71(0.12)

0.003

 

0.70(0.12)

0.002

4

1.06(0.16)

0.735

 

1.06(0.16)

0.727

 

1.05(0.16)

0.761

 

1.05(0.16)

0.780

5

0.76(0.13)

0.028

 

0.77(0.13)

0.044

 

0.77(0.13)

0.039

 

0.77(0.13)

0.037

6

0.48(0.16)

<0.001

 

0.48(0.16)

<0.001

 

0.48(0.16)

<0.001

 

0.48(0.16)

<0.001

Real trial example:

        

1

0.49(0.22)

0.068

 

0.48(0.41)

0.064

 

0.46(0.38)

0.041

 

0.45(0.41)

0.041

2

0.54(0.14)

0.014

 

0.54(0.26)

0.017

 

0.56(0.26)

0.020

 

0.53(0.26)

0.013

3

0.59(0.11)

0.005

 

0.58(0.19)

0.005

 

0.58(0.19)

0.005

 

0.59(0.19)

0.007

4

1.04(0.29)

0.871

 

1.06(0.26)

0.830

 

0.99(0.25)

0.959

 

1.03(0.26)

0.917

5

0.73(0.12)

0.040

 

0.72(0.15)

0.031

 

0.70(0.14)

0.019

 

0.72(0.15)

0.036

  1. HR hazard ratio, SE standard error