Are the Effects of Homeopathy Attributable to a Statistical Artefact? A Reanalysis of an Observational Study
Table 3
RTM adjusted effects after 12 months on PCS for various scenarios.
Sampling from …
… the general population*
… the actually diseased population*
… specifically diseased patients*
Disease (ICD-9)
Effect (95% CI)
Effect (95% CI)
Effect (95% CI)
All
0.25 (0.22 to 0.28)
<0.0001
0.30 (0.27 to 0.33)
<0.0001
Headache (346.9 or 784.0)
0.26 (0.13 to 0.38)
0.0001
0.33 (0.21 to 0.44)
<0.0001
Allergic rhinitis (477.9)
0.37 (0.25 to 0.49)
<0.0001
0.45 (0.33 to 0.56)
<0.0001
0.36 (0.25 to 0.48)
<0.0001
Eczemas (692.9)
0.31 (0.20 to 0.42)
<0.0001
0.38 (0.26 to 0.50)
<0.0001
Migraine (349.6)
0.34 (0.20 to 0.48)
<0.0001
0.40 (0.28 to 0.53)
<0.0001
Sleep disturbances (780.5)
0.05 (−0.07 to 0.17)
0.3714
0.11 (0.00 to 0.22)
0.0498
Allergies (995.3)
0.27 (0.14 to 0.39)
<0.0001
0.33 (0.20 to 0.45)
<0.0001
0.26 (0.14 to 0.38)
<0.0001
Depression (311.0)
0.15 (−0.01 to 0.31)
0.0600
0.22 (0.07 to 0.37)
0.0036
Recurrent infections (796.9)
0.54 (0.40 to 0.68)
<0.0001
0.60 (0.46 to 0.73)
<0.0001
Atopic eczema (691.8)
0.24 (0.10 to 0.38)
0.0011
0.31 (0.17 to 0.46)
<0.0001
0.28 (0.14 to 0.41)
<0.0001
Anxiety (300.0)
0.28 (0.13 to 0.42)
0.0002
0.34 (0.20 to 0.49)
<0.0001
Hypertension (401.9)
0.14 (−0.03 to 0.32)
0.1134
0.19 (0.04 to 0.35)
0.0154
0.24 (0.10 to 0.38)
0.0011
Recurrent sinusitis (473.9)
0.27 (0.10 to 0.44)
0.0018
0.36 (0.20 to 0.51)
<0.0001
Dysmenorrhea (625.3)
0.23 (0.09 to 0.37)
0.0015
0.31 (0.17 to 0.44)
<0.0001
Low back pain (724.2)
0.25 (0.07 to 0.43)
0.0070
0.27 (0.11 to 0.43)
0.0014
0.29 (0.13 to 0.45)
0.0004
Asthma (493.9)
0.35 (0.21 to 0.49)
<0.0001
0.36 (0.23 to 0.49)
<0.0001
0.36 (0.23 to 0.49)
<0.0001
Psoriasis (696.1)
0.39 (0.2 to 0.59)
<0.0001
0.46 (0.27 to 0.64)
<0.0001
0.42 (0.24 to 0.59)
<0.0001
As defined by the German health survey, which shows data for the general population, including diseased and healthy persons, for the subset of all actually diseased patients and for chronically ill patients suffering from specific diseases [14]; see Section 2.4.
