TY  - JOUR
T1  - INcorrect use of percentages
AU  - Pinski G
Y1  - 1979/04/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630410096040
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 492
EP  - 492
VL  - 139
IS  - 4
N2  - To the Editor.— 
    I call your attention to the incorrect use of percentages in the editorial "Estrogen Therapy and Endometrial Carcinoma," which appeared in the Archives (138:526-527, 1978). The studies mentioned in the editorial showed a four- to 14-fold risk (or a 400% to 1,400% risk), not a 4% to 14% greater risk. Similarly, for cigarette smoking and lung cancer, there is a nine- to 20-fold risk, not a 9% to 20% greater risk as quoted. I hope that your readers do not take literally this trivialization of the large relative risks involved.
SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630410096040
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630410096040
ER  -