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Table 3 Power calculations based on different standard deviations and proportion of pregnancies detected < 20 weeks

From: Comprehensive Anaemia Programme and Personalized Therapies (CAPPT): protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial testing the effect women’s groups, home counselling and iron supplementation on haemoglobin in pregnancy in southern Nepal

% of pregnancies < 20 weeks1

No of clusters per arm

Average number of Hb outcomes per cluster

ICC (rho)

CV cluster size

Detectable difference in Hb

Power with SD of 1.2

Power with SD of 1.25

50%

27

15.6

0.09

0.27

0.4

88.3%

85.7%

33%

27

10.4

0.09

0.27

0.4

82.1%

79.0%

  1. 1enrolment cut-off is ≤ 19 weeks 6 days gestation