All::Clinical Science::Statistics::Odds and odds ratio
Intro
In statistics, what is meant by odds?
Its a ratio of the number of people who incur a particular outcome to the number of people who do not incur the outcome
In statistics, what is meant by odds ratio?
the ratio of the odds of a particular outcome with experimental treatment and that of control.
Why is Odds ratios useful in case-control studies?
Odds ratio can approximates to relative risk if the outcome of interest is rare.