The risk ratio In practice, risks and odds for a single group are not nearly as interesting as a comparison of risks and odds between two groups For risk you can make these comparisons by dividing the risk for one group (usually the group exposed to the risk factor) by the risk for the second, nonexposed, group This gives us the risk ratio3 Relative Risk (Risk Ratio) • Expresses how many times more (or less) likely an exposed person develops an outcome relative to an unexposed person • Interpretation – RR >The absolute risk is the probability of an event in a sample or population of interest The relative risk (RR) is the risk of the event in an experimental group relative to that in a control group The odds ratio (OR) is the odds of an event in an experimental group relative to that in a control group
Relative Risk Ratios And Odds Ratios
