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Section 1

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Relative risk reduction

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Proportion of risk reduction attributable to intervention as compared to control

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What equation can approximate relative risk for rare diseases?

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Odds ratio

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Number needed to treat

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Number of patients who need to be treated for 1 patient to benefit. Lower number = better treatment

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How to interpret relative risk

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Attributable risk

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Difference in risk between exposed and unexposed groups

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Prevalence of a disease affects what?

Front

positive predictive value

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Relative Risk (RR)

Front

Cohort studies. Risk of developing dz in exposed group divided by risk in unexposed group

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Contingency table

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Absolute risk reduction

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Difference in risk attributable to the intervention as compared to a control

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Odds ratio

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Case control studies. Odds of a certain exposure given an event (disease) vs odds of exposure in absence of event

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Number needed to harm

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Number of patients who need to be exposed to a risk factor for 1 patient to be harmed. Higher number = safer exposure

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