Comments on: Another Study Links Bone Fractures with Avandia and Actos http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/study-links-bone-fractures-with-avandia-and-actos-6206/ News and Information about Personal Injury Lawsuits Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:13:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Prof. George Mandler http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/study-links-bone-fractures-with-avandia-and-actos-6206/comment-page-1/#comment-9516 Prof. George Mandler Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:25:19 +0000 http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/?p=6206#comment-9516 I do not know what 1.5 times greater risk means. If the oiriginal risk was 1% than 1.5 times is totally uninteresting. This kind of misleading statisticsd was originally published concerning Avandia and the risk of congestive heart failure where we were told that the risk is increased bvy some 40-60% when in fact the absolute increase was 1%. Amonf statisticians this is is known as the base rate fallacy. Prof. George Mandler I have no connection with any drug company. I do not know what 1.5 times greater risk means. If the oiriginal risk was 1% than 1.5 times is totally uninteresting. This kind of misleading statisticsd was originally published concerning Avandia and the risk of congestive heart failure where we were told that the risk is increased bvy some 40-60% when in fact the absolute increase was 1%. Amonf statisticians this is is known as the base rate fallacy.

Prof. George Mandler

I have no connection with any drug company.

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