What’s the Risk: Differentiating Risk Ratios, Odds Ratios, and Hazard Ratios?

Risk ratios, odds ratios, and hazard ratios are three common, but often misused, statistical measures in clinical research. In this paper, the authors dissect what each of these terms define, and provide examples from the medical literature to illustrate each of these statistical measures. Finally,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: George, Andrew, Stead, Thor S, Ganti, Latha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Medical Education
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7515812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32983737
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10047
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Sumario:Risk ratios, odds ratios, and hazard ratios are three common, but often misused, statistical measures in clinical research. In this paper, the authors dissect what each of these terms define, and provide examples from the medical literature to illustrate each of these statistical measures. Finally, the correct and incorrect methods to use these measures are summarized.

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