How to interpret figures in reports of clinical trials

BMJ. 2008 May 24;336(7654):1166-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39561.548924.94.

Abstract

A picture may be worth a thousand words but in medical research, caution Stuart Pocock, Thomas Travison, and Lisa Wruck, it is important to understand exactly what you are looking at

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Trials as Topic / statistics & numerical data*
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical*
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate