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Table 1 Statistical power for different comparisons between subgroups

From: Rationale and study design of a cross sectional study documenting the prevalence of Heart Failure amongst the minority ethnic communities in the UK: the E-ECHOES Study (Ethnic - Echocardiographic Heart of England Screening Study)

Comparator Rate (n = 1000)

80% power (1-β) (n = 1000) to find the following difference significant at α = .05

90% power (1-β) (n = 1000) to find the following difference significant at α = .05

3%

2.5%

3.0%

4%

2.8%

3.4%

5%

3.0%

3.6%

6%

3.3%

3.9%

7%

3.5%

4.1%

8%

3.7%

4.4%

9%

3.9%

4.6%

10%

4.1%

4.8%