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Mathematical Concepts > Probability > Odds Ratio
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Preferred term

Odds Ratio  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cross Product Ratio
  • Cross-Product Ratio
  • Cross-Product Ratios
  • Odds, Relative
  • Ratio, Cross-Product
  • Ratio, Risk
  • Ratios, Cross-Product
  • Ratios, Risk
  • Relative Odds
  • Risk Ratio
  • Risk Ratios

Note

  • usually NIM

Scope note

  • The ratio of two odds. The exposure-odds ratio for case control data is the ratio of the odds in favor of exposure among cases to the odds in favor of exposure among noncases. The disease-odds ratio for a cohort or cross section is the ratio of the odds in favor of disease among the exposed to the odds in favor of disease among the unexposed. The prevalence-odds ratio refers to an odds ratio derived cross-sectionally from studies of prevalent cases.

History note

  • 91(90); was see under PROBABILITY 1990

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016017

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