12. NNT= 1/ Tc-Te Tc-Te= (147*0.02)/90 NNT=30.6 “ On the basis of Kaplan–Meier estimates (Fig. 1), the number of patients who would need to be treated with rosuvastatin for 2 years to prevent the occurrence of one primary end point is 95, and the number needed to treat for 4 years is 31 .” (pages 2199 et 2200).
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