Browsing Medicine Research by Subject "odds ratio"
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Controversy and Debate: Questionable utility of the relative risk in clinical research: Paper 1: A call for change to practice
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Background and Objectives In clinical trials, the relative risk or risk ratio (RR) is a mainstay of reporting of the effect magnitude for an intervention. The RR is the ratio of the probability of an outcome in an ... -
Redefining effect modification
( Wiley , 2022 , Article)The odds ratio (OR) has been misunderstood in evidence based medicine and clinical epidemiology. Currently, “noncollapsibility” is considered a problem with interpretation of the OR and it is thought that the OR is rarely ... -
Reply to: Let us not rush back to odds ratios in meta-analysis
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Response to Mindel C. Sheps: Counted, Dead or Alive
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2023 , Other)It is true that when decision-making in medicine proceeds (e.g., drug A to prevent outcome Y), clinicians make use of research results that are reported in terms of estimated probabilities. Thus, Pr [Ya = 1 = 1] is the ...