Tips for Teachers of Evidence-Based Medicine: Understanding Odds Ratios and Their Relationship to Risk Ratios

This article presents an approach in helping clinicians understand what odds and odds ratios mean and when can they numerically substitute risk and risk ratio for odds and odds ratios.

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Published in:Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM 2008-05, Vol.23 (5), p.635-640
Main Authors: Prasad, Kameshwar, Jaeschke, Roman, Wyer, Peter, Keitz, Sheri, Guyatt, Gordon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical Trials as Topic
Education, Medical
Evidence-based medicine
Evidence-Based Medicine - education
General aspects
Health education
Health participants
Humans
Internal Medicine
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Miscellaneous
Odds Ratio
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Risk
Teaching methods
Teaching Tips
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Summary:This article presents an approach in helping clinicians understand what odds and odds ratios mean and when can they numerically substitute risk and risk ratio for odds and odds ratios.
ISSN:0884-8734
1525-1497
DOI:10.1007/s11606-007-0453-4