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| [[Number needed to treat]] ...ered. For example, the results may be statistically significant, but the [[number needed to treat]] may reveal that too few patients will benefit for patients to be willing

...y are similar to the patients in the [[meta-analysis]] by Kearney et al ([[number needed to treat]] is 24).<ref name="pmid18191683">{{cite journal |author=Kearney PM, Blackw ...r to the patients in the AFCAPS/TexCAPS [[randomized controlled trial]] ([[number needed to treat]] is 24).<ref name="pmid9613910">{{cite journal |author=Downs JR, Clearfiel

...r to those in this study which 50% of patients improved with saline, the [[number needed to treat]] is 4. <ref name="pmid22508732">{{cite journal| author=Cohen SP, White RL,

...e 50% reduction in symptoms at 12 months of 36.5% without treatment, the [[number needed to treat]] is 8. <ref name="pmid22123802"/>

...For example, to prevent a major vascular event n a high-risk adult , the [[number needed to treat]] is 19, the number of years of treatment are 5, and the daily cost of th

...fit as measured by the smoking cessation of 22.1% without treatment, the [[number needed to treat]] is 36. <ref name="pmid22269590"/> ...ed by the self-reported smoking cessation of 6.3% without treatment, the [[number needed to treat]] is 6. <ref name="pmid11817917"/>

...n=}}</ref> The frequency of death from any cause fell from 2.8% to 2.2% ([[number needed to treat]] for two years is 180). However, this trial was stopped early after an int ...n=}}</ref> The frequency of death from any cause fell from 2.8% to 2.2% ([[number needed to treat]] for two years is 180). However, this trial was stopped early after an int

....umassmed.edu/mhealth/HAMD.pdf Hamilton Depression Rating Scale] (HDRS)!![[Number needed to treat]]!!Clinical significance (NICE)<ref>National Institute for Clinical Excelle

...ded to treat]] is 9), and antacids had an absolute benefit increase 8% ([[number needed to treat]] is 12)."<ref name="pmid17229239">{{cite journal |author=Tran T, Lowry AM,

...0 people would have to take the vaccine to prevent one case of shingles ([[number needed to treat]]=59).<ref name="pmid15930418">{{cite journal |author=Oxman MN, Levin MJ, J

Topical [[capsaicin]] may benefit about 1 of every 12 patients treated ([[number needed to treat]] = 12).<ref name="pmid19821411">{{cite journal| author=Derry S, Lloyd R, M

....umassmed.edu/mhealth/HAMD.pdf Hamilton Depression Rating Scale] (HDRS)!![[Number needed to treat]]!!Clinical significance (NICE)<ref>National Institute for Clinical Excelle

...as measured by the improvement at 2 months of 59% without treatment, the [[number needed to treat]] is 7. <ref name="pmid18801056"/> There were no differences at 12 months. ...s measured by the no dyspepsia at one year of 17% without treatment, the [[number needed to treat]] is 100. <ref name="pmid18310262"/>

...4837 | doi=10.1002/14651858.CD004332.pub2 }} </ref> In this review, the [[number needed to treat]] was about 9 patients.

...his means that the drug benefits one out of every five patients treated ([[number needed to treat]] is 5). [[Acyclovir]] 400 mg five times daily for 10 days was also studied

* 8 will improve due to pregabalin ([[number needed to treat]] is 100/8 or 13)

...he trial.||Prostate cancer mortality after 9 years|| 0.3%|| 0.4%||0.80†||[[Number needed to treat]] = 1410. ...56†|| 76% followup. Benefit found, but [[overdiagnosis]] also occurred. [[Number needed to treat]] = 293.

...50% in developed countries with an incidence of 0.01% then results in a [[number needed to treat]] (NNT) of 20,000 vaccinations per infection avoided, and perhaps 50,000 pe

...efit among all patients (absolute rate difference of 0.02 would indicate a number needed to treat of 5000 if the value were significant in a larger study).

...mortality from hepatocellular carcinoma of 0.13% without treatment, the [[number needed to treat]] is 2070. <ref name="pmid15042359"/>