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Correcting for a Baseline Difference in Group Comparisons on a Binary Outcome: Covariate Adjustment or Analysis of Change?

Stat Med · 2026 · PMC13085973 · PMID 41989323

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As a result, the significant group difference at T0‐T1 according to covariate adjustment and at T0‐T2 according to change are no longer significant, although the latter is still close to significance.

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highly significantno p-value reported
Comparing between methods per scenario shows the following things: First, covariate adjustment and change from baseline analysis contradict each other with respect to the presence of a group difference on the outcome in all three scenarios where the groups differ at baseline (i.e., scenarios 1, 2, and 4), with one method giving a highly significant group difference, and the other method not even giving a trace of a group effect.

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