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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
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Health participants
Humans
Internal Medicine
Medical sciences
Medicine
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Risk
Teaching methods
Teaching Tips
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