Odds Ratios and Relative Risks are often confused despite being unique concepts. Why?
Well, both measure association between a binary outcome variable and a continuous or binary predictor variable.
And unfortunately, the names are sometimes used interchangeably. They shouldn’t be because they’re actually interpreted differently. So it’s important to keep them separate and to be precise in the language and application.
Lubna J Abdulmalek
odds ratio is calculated for case control studies, while relative risk is for cohort studies, so it depends on the study design. the relative risk is more accurate than odds ratio.
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