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Ludovic Trinquart1, Anna Bill-Axelson2, Jennifer R Rider3
1Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
European Urology
|April 30, 2019
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Hazard ratios (HRs) are frequently misinterpreted. We describe an easily estimated complementary measure, the difference in restricted mean survival time (RMST), that requires fewer assumptions than the HR and is more readily interpretable. Reporting RMST-based measures may benefit shared decision-making.
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