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Quantify disease risk using relative risk, odds ratio, and attributable risk in epidemiologic analysis. #QuantifyingRisk #RelativeRisk #OddsRatio #AttributableRisk #Epidemiology #Biostatistics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #PublicHealth #MedicalEducation #USMLE

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Case-Control Study Example: Solvent Exposure and Rare Neurological Cancer | Epidemiology Made Simple

Learn how to identify a case-control study and calculate the odds ratio using real epidemiology data. Explore this example linking solvent exposure to rare neurological cancer — perfect for USMLE and public health exam prep.

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Brian Pierce MDJan 5, 2024

@bicmay
#relativerisk may be great for getting publicity for trials but it sucks for advising patients for #shareddecisionmaking in #primarycare

I skimmed the paper and couldn't find absolute risk for mortaility with and without #paxlovid , nevermind #nnt

#covid

Show threadskuaMay 17, 2023

@DavidPetraitis
It's important to keep this information in perspective.

The significance of this information for one person is very different to its significance to a health department which needs to prioritise resources for millions of people.

"The increase in risk of neurological diseases was comparable to patients who had contracted influenza or other respiratory illnesses, but ... ."

Problem for Health Dept is that +90% of population have had Covid AIUI.

#RelativeRisk

VoronFeb 22, 2023

A child is over 1,000 times more likely to be molested by a priest than a drag show performer.
(Since there are no recorded instances of a case of a drag performer molesting a child I could find but thousands of cases of priests molesting children)
#RelativeRisk #lgbtq #politics
For more information on relative risk read the #book “true odds”
#books

https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/true-odds-how-risk-affects-your-everyday-life-1563431149

skuaFeb 10, 2023

@sidereal
Yeah, #RelativeRisk isn't commonly considered.

My government (AU) has decided to "end COVID exceptionalism".

Our federal Health Department's website now a banner warning of, 1. COVID-19 (of which there have been some 2000 deaths associated this year, apparently mainly the "aged" who have not died in hospitals ) and, 2. Japanese Encephalitis virus (7 deaths in the last 6 months).

This has just about everyone at the supermarket walking aroung #Maskless