Open AccessCommon pitfalls in statistical analysis: Odds versus risk
Author(s) -
Priya Ranganathan,
Rakesh Aggarwal,
C S Pramesh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
perspectives in clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2229-5488
pISSN - 2229-3485
DOI - 10.4103/2229-3485.167092
Subject(s) - odds , odds ratio , meaning (existential) , statistical analysis , outcome (game theory) , statistics , medicine , psychology , logistic regression , mathematics , mathematical economics , psychotherapist
In biomedical research, we are often interested in quantifying the relationship between an exposure and an outcome. "Odds" and "Risk" are the most common terms which are used as measures of association between variables. In this article, which is the fourth in the series of common pitfalls in statistical analysis, we explain the meaning of risk and odds and the difference between the two.