From: Selecting patients for randomized trials: a systematic approach based on risk group
Strategy | Sensitivity | Specificity | Intervention rate | Event rate | Decrease in event rate (benefit) | Net benefit (benefit – intervention rate ÷ NNTt) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treat none | 0% | 100% | 0.0% | 20.00% | 0% | 0 |
Treat high-risk (risk 10% +) | 91% | 57% | 52.60% | 15.45% | 4.55% | 0.02956 |
Treat high-risk (risk 50% +) | 47% | 96% | 12.60% | 17.65% | 2.35% | 0.01968 |
Treat all | 100% | 0% | 100.0% | 15.00% | 5.00% | 0.01970 |