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  1. Forest plots: trying...
  2. error in Figure 2

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Education And Debate

Forest plots: trying to see the wood and the trees

BMJ 2001; 322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7300.1479 (Published 16 June 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;322:1479

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error in Figure 2

Figure 2 (the second forest plot) has two errors. The % deaths
figures in the first two trials (Wilcox, Norris) are incorrectly reported.

The % deaths figures for Controls in the trials should be 6.3% and
10.5%, respectively.

Competing interests: No competing interests

19 March 2002
Peter Knapp
Lecturer
University of Leeds