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Using alternative statistical formats for presenting risks and risk reductions

  1. Elie A Akl1,
  2. Andrew D Oxman2,
  3. Jeph Herrin3,
  4. Gunn E Vist4,
  5. Irene Terrenato5,
  6. Francesca Sperati5,
  7. Cecilia Costiniuk6,
  8. Diana Blank7,
  9. Holger Schünemann8,*

Editorial Group: Cochrane Consumers and Communication Group

Published Online: 16 MAR 2011

Assessed as up-to-date: 1 OCT 2007

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006776.pub2

How to Cite

Akl EA, Oxman AD, Herrin J, Vist GE, Terrenato I, Sperati F, Costiniuk C, Blank D, Schünemann H. Using alternative statistical formats for presenting risks and risk reductions. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD006776. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006776.pub2.

Author Information

  1. 1

    State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Medicine, Buffalo, NY, USA

  2. 2

    Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Global Health Unit, Oslo, Norway

  3. 3

    Yale University, Department of Medicine, New Haven, USA

  4. 4

    Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Prevention, Health Promotion and Organisation Unit, Oslo, Norway

  5. 5

    National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Department of Epidemiology, Rome, Italy

  6. 6

    University of Ottawa, Division of Infectious Diseases, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  7. 7

    University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  8. 8

    McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

*Holger Schünemann, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada. schuneh@mcmaster.ca.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions), comment added to review
  2. Published Online: 16 MAR 2011

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    Using alternative statistical formats for presenting risks and risk reductions

    Elie A Akl, Andrew D Oxman, Jeph Herrin, Gunn E Vist, Irene Terrenato, Francesca Sperati, Cecilia Costiniuk, Diana Blank and Holger Schünemann

    Article first published online: 16 MAR 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006776.pub2

Previous versions of this article and their online publication dates

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    Using different statistical formats for presenting health information

    Elie A Akl, Andrew D Oxman, Jeph Herrin, Gunn Elisabeth Vist, Cecilia Costiniuk, Diana Blank and Holger Schünemann

    Article first published online: 8 OCT 2008 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006776