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Table 1 Power calculations with base number required of n = 411 in each trial arm**

From: Ringing Up about Breastfeeding: a randomised controlled trial exploring early telephone peer support for breastfeeding (RUBY) – trial protocol

Outcome

Standard care

Peer support

Power to detect specified difference

 

%

%

 

Primary

   

Any breast milk at six months

46

56

80

Secondary

   

Breast milk only at six months#

35

45

82

  1. **Allows for loss to follow-up and adjusting for clustering in the analysis.
  2. #Breast milk only type of milk.