Comparison of two statistical indicators in communicating epidemiological results to the population: a randomized study in a high environmental risk area of Italy

Table 3 Ranking sexual gland cancer, thyroid cancer and lung cancer mortalities according to the degree of concern (from 1: high concern, to 3: low concern): causal effect of expressing the results in terms of TNH versus % excess (question R4)

	ACE Mean difference	95% CI	p-value	PO % excess	95% CI	Adjusted SUCRA % excess	Adjusted SUCRA TNH
Rank assigned to sexual glands cancer mortality	−0.13	(−0.28; 0.02)	0.093	2.26	(2.16; 2.35)	0.370	0.435
Rank assigned to thyroid cancer mortality	0.19	(0.03; 0.35)	0.021	2.24	(2.11; 2.36)	0.380	0.285
Rank assigned to lung cancer mortality	−0.06	(−0.21; 0.09)	0.432	1.51	(1.39; 1.62)	0.745	0.775

Abbreviations ACE Average causal effect, 95% CI 95% Confidence Interval, PO % excess Potential outcome under the % excess questionnaire, Adjusted SUCRA Surface under the cumulative ranking curve from the Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting model

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