Adrian Loerbroks

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How is the odds ratio affected by high prevalences of both outcome and exposure?

The rare disease assumption states that odds ratio (OR) only approaches relative risk when the disease (=outcome) is rare, i.e., < 10%. There are papers that show that outcomes with higher...

07 November 2013 4,328 5 View

Why is the odds ratio the outcome measure of choice in case-control studies?

I know that the OR is a kind of 'default' option if you estimate associations in case-control studies. I was told (once upon a time) during my epi traning that the OR must be used, because the...

03 May 2013 4,636 9 View