The use of odds ratio in the large population-based studies: Warning to readers

The use of odds ratio in the large population-based studies: Warning to readers

When researchers conduct large prospective studies, they provide results generating statistical analysis; therefore readers need considerable familiarity with descriptive and inferential statistics. If quantitative judgments are based on interpreting odds ratios as though they were relative risks, t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons Journal Ligaments and Tendons Journal, 2014-01, Vol.4 (1), p.90-92
Hauptverfasser: Di Lorenzo, Luigi, Coco, Valeria, Forte, Francesco, Trinchese, Giovanni Felice, Forte, Alfonso Maria, Pappagallo, Marco
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