QUESTION 16

A clinical trial designed to show the efficacy of a new drug in reducing progression to hypertension reports the following data.

	New Drug	Placebo
Sample size	200	200
Progression to hypertension	14%	19%

Using this information, compute:

a)The difference in proportions of patients progressing to hypertension between the two groups

b)The odds ratio of progression to hypertension among patients receiving the new drug as compared to the placebo.