Journal article
Reporting Risk: from Math to Meaning
Abstract
In this article, we discuss risk reporting and presentation in observational healthcare research. Reported measures of risk should facilitate clinical understanding. Although odds ratios are mathematically advantageous, they do not facilitate clinical understanding. Adjusted relative risk and risk difference are intuitive and clinically meaningful measures that can be readily obtained from any regression model using average marginal effects. …
Authors
Lapointe-Shaw L; Babe G; Austin PC; Costa AP; Jones A
Journal
Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 59–66
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Publication Date
November 1, 2022
DOI
10.22374/cjgim.v17i4.638
ISSN
1911-1606