A Study Compared Drug a Versus Standard Therapy in Preventing

question 55

Multiple Choice

A study compared drug A versus standard therapy in preventing recurrent pulmonary embolism (PE) .  The absolute risk reduction for drug A versus standard therapy was 4%.  The incidence of recurrent PE in the standard therapy group was 6%.  There were 24 patients who developed recurrent PE in the drug A group.  How many total subjects were there in the drug A group?

• A)600
• B)900
• C)1200
• D)1500
• E)1800
• F)2100

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