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

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 26 Aug 2020 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Cureus (issn: 2168-8184,

Copyright policy )

Authors: George, Andrew; Stead, Thor S; Ganti, Latha;

doi: 10.7759/cureus.10047

pmid: 32983737

pmc: PMC7515812

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

- Summary
- Subjects
- Metrics

Abstract

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.

Related Organizations

University of Central Florida
United States
Brown University
United States

Keywords

Medical Education

Impact byBIP!

	selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).	85
	popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.	Top 1%
	influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).	Top 10%
	impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.	Top 1%