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196. A medicinal study reports a 95% confidence interval for the hazard ratio (HR) from a survival analysis as (0.6,0.9). What critical interpretation can be made?

A. The drug increases the hazard of the event.
B. The drug decreases the hazard of the event, and the result is statistically significant as the interval does not include 1.0.
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C. The drug has no effect.
D. The hazard ratio is too high.

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  • The drug increases the hazard of the event.
  • The drug decreases the hazard of the event, and the result is statistically significant as the interval does not include 1.0.
  • The drug has no effect.
  • The hazard ratio is too high.

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