articleAmerican Journal of EpidemiologyMay 13, 2003Closed access

Estimating the Relative Risk in Cohort Studies and Clinical Trials of Common Outcomes

LMLouise‐Anne McNutt

University at Albany, State University of New York · New York State Department of Health

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Abstract

Logistic regression yields an adjusted odds ratio that approximates the adjusted relative risk when disease incidence is rare (

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  • Relative risk
  • Odds ratio
  • Confounding
  • Medicine
  • Logistic regression
  • Odds
  • Diagnostic odds ratio
  • Statistics
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