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6) P-values in Table 1 of randomised trials

Random fluctuations in the balance between groups in baseline characteristics of the trial are not a threat to the validity of the trial results. There is no such things as "random confounding"

doi.org/10.1002/sim.4780131703
Testing for baseline balance in clinical trials
Once the data from a clinical trial are available for analysis it is common practice to carry out ‘tests of baseline homogeneity’ on prognostic covariates before proceeding to analyse the effects of ...
doi.org
December 23, 2024 at 10:36 AM