A Randomised, Placebo‐controlled Trial Was Conducted in Indonesia to Study

Multiple Choice

A randomised, placebo‐controlled trial was conducted in Indonesia to study the effects of vitamin A in preventing deaths among children with measles.The investigators
Reported a relative risk of 0.60 for the intervention versus control group.This means
That:

A) Children receiving vitamin A were 40% less likely to die from measles than children receiving placebo
B) Children receiving vitamin A were 60% less likely to die from measles than children receiving placebo
C) The chance of dying from measles in the placebo group was 60%
D) 60% of the children who died received vitamin A; the other 40% received placebo
E) None of the above statements is true