Dropouts and sub-groups--statistics can help but not cure

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¹ Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, UK Centre for Health Sciences, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, UK.

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P Croft et al. Pain. 2010 Dec.

. 2010 Dec;151(3):563-564.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.08.042. Epub 2010 Sep 15.

¹ Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, UK Centre for Health Sciences, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, UK.

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Numbers-needed-to-treat analyses--do timing, dropouts, and outcome matter? Pooled analysis of two randomized, placebo-controlled chronic low back pain trials.
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