Reference no: EM13243726

The following table was presented in an article summarizing a study to compare a new drug to a standard drug and to a placebo

Which, if any baseline characteristics are significantly different (at the 0.05 level of significance) between treatment groups

A)     Disease stage

B)      Annual income

C)      Percentage with insurance

D)     Age

E)      A& C

F)      B& D

Characteristic                New drug       Standard drug      Placebo                  P

Age, Years                        45.2(4.8)        44.9(5.1)               42.8 (4.3)          0.5746

% Female                          51%                  55%                      57%                   0.1635

Annual income, $0005    59.5(14.3)      63.8(16.9)           58.2(13.6)         0.4635

% with insurance                87%               65%                       82%                  0.0352

Disease Stage

Stage 1                                 35%                     18%                        33%

Stage 11                               42%                    37%                          47%

Stage 111                             23%                    51%                          20%