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| 9 | The table is easy to misread in one specific way, and the article exists partly to prevent it. '''Two figures from two trials are not a comparison of two drugs.''' Trial populations differ in baseline weight, glycaemic status, diabetes duration, background therapy and geography; durations differ; and the statistical estimand used to summarise a weight-change endpoint differs between publications and sometimes within a single one.{{r|ich9r1}} A larger number in this table means a larger result in that trial, and nothing more. | 9 | The table is easy to misread in one specific way, and the article exists partly to prevent it. '''Two figures from two trials are not a comparison of two drugs.''' Trial populations differ in baseline weight, glycaemic status, diabetes duration, background therapy and geography; durations differ; and the statistical estimand used to summarise a weight-change endpoint differs between publications and sometimes within a single one.{{r|ich9r1}} A larger number in this table means a larger result in that trial, and nothing more. |
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| + | 11 | == The comparison == | |
| + | 12 | Filter by compound, trial programme or endpoint type. The bar is drawn to the magnitude of the primary result and is scaled within its endpoint type only. | |
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| 11 | == References == | 14 | == References == |
| 12 | {{reflist}} | 15 | {{reflist}} |