The Physicians' Health Study randomly assigned 22,071 healthy
male physicians at least 40 years old to take either an aspirin
every other day or a placebo pill every other day. Of the 10957
physicians who took aspirin regularly for 5 years, 10 had a fatal
heart attack and 128 had a nonfatal heart attack. Of the 11114 who
took the placebo, 32 suffered a fatal heart attack and 221 had a
nonfatal heart attack. Please use 4 decimal places to answer the
questions below.
(a) What is the proportion of physicians who suffered a fatal heart
attack in the:
aspirin group?
placebo group?
(b) Calculate the relative risk of a fatal heart attack for
physicians taking aspirin compared with those taking a placebo (do
not use the rounded values from part (a) to do your calculations.
Use the original proportions in your calculation. Remember, give
your answer to 4 decimal places.).
(c) What is the proportion of physicians who suffered a nonfatal
heart attack in the:
aspirin group?
placebo group?
(d) Calculate the relative risk of a nonfatal heart attack, for
physicians taking aspirin compared with those taking a placebo (do
not use rounded values in your calculation and give your answer to
4 decimal places).
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