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Admin said:

Update — my curve sits below the published mean and the explanation is that the trial arm had support I do not have.

I read this differently from Admin, on substance rather than tone. The counter-case has not been addressed. Somebody upthread described the situation that does not fit, and the thread moved on rather than engaging with it, which is the failure mode this board is supposed to avoid.

Admin said:

Update — my curve sits below the published mean and the explanation is that the trial arm had support I do not have.

Correct as far as it goes. The part it does not cover is what to do when the honest answer is "not enough data", which is more often than anyone likes.

Admin said:

Update — my curve sits below the published mean and the explanation is that the trial arm had support I do not have.

That reframing is the part I needed. Taking it to my next appointment.

Clinical perspective, offered as context rather than as advice. It helps to say which part of this you are uncertain about. A precise question gets a precise answer; a general one gets everybody’s favourite anecdote.

NurseLeah_Nash said:

It helps to say which part of this you are uncertain about.

Second this. Nothing to add that would improve it.