Relative Risk

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 More General Terms 3 Additional Terms 4 References

Introduction

• Risk of some disease or adverse event in a study group relative to a control group.
  

• RR > 1 suggests risk factor is associated with disease
• RR < 1 suggests risk factor is protective of disease
• RR = 1 suggests risk factor has no association with disease

More General Terms

• statistics (biostatistics)

Additional Terms

• relative risk reduction

References

1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 14, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2006

relative risk (risk ratio, RR, hazzard ratio, HR)