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The odds ratio: Principles and applications

open access: yesJournal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2016
The odds ratio (OR) is a simple tool, widely utilized in clinical research. As a simple statistic, it can be hand calculated to determine the odds of a particular event or a disease, and the information provided can be useful for understanding the ...
Aakshi Kalra
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How Much Excess Body Weight, Blood Pressure, Triglyceride, or Age Can Double the Likelihood of Diabetes Type 2?

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Background: We aimed to identify the level of known risk factors of diabetes associated with doubled likelihood of diabetes type 2. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, an analysis was performed on the data of 9930 individuals aged 15 yr and older
Parya Jangipour Afshar   +3 more
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Avoidance dental visit, the impact of predictor factors: A cross-sectional study in Kerman, Iran [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2017
BACKGROUND AND AIM: In spite of different reforms and programs, the evidence indicates that Iran dental health sector has not been able to improve the dental situation and decrease the unmet needs.
Mohammadreza Amiresmaili   +4 more
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Common pitfalls in statistical analysis: Odds versus risk

open access: yesPerspectives in Clinical Research, 2015
In biomedical research, we are often interested in quantifying the relationship between an exposure and an outcome. “Odds” and “Risk” are the most common terms which are used as measures of association between variables.
Priya Ranganathan   +2 more
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Odds ratio analysis in women with endometrial cancer

open access: yesMenopause Review, 2016
Introduction : Despite the progress in diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumours, the effects of treatment are insufficient. Reduction of the risk of cervical, ovarian, and endometrial cancer is possible by introducing preventative actions.
Katarzyna Plagens-Rotman   +2 more
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Peri-operative Inotrope Use in Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgeries [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Introduction: Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (OPCABG) surgery is now widely accepted and practiced. The literature on inotrope use in OPCABG is sparse. Aim: To look into the intra-operative and immediate postoperative (up to 12 hours after skin
Nidheesh Chooriyil   +1 more
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Sobre la traducción del término inglés odds ratio como oportunidad relativa

open access: yesSalud Pública de México, 1997
En este artículo argumentamos en favor de la traducción del término odds ratio, de estética formal antinatural para los hispanohablantes y con problemas fonéticos añadidos, por oportunidad relativa.
JOSÉ M. MARTÍN-MORENO   +1 more
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Some reproductive indexes of thirty dairy herds in the Po valley

open access: yesItalian Journal of Animal Science, 2011
The need of increasing the daily milk yield often has negative backup on herd fertility (Westwood et al., 2002). Culling because of reproductive failure is a cost in dairy breeding.
C. Cerioli, F. Masoero, M. Moschini
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Identifying Heterogeneity of Diabetics Mellitus Based on the Demographical and Clinical Characteristics

open access: yesHuman-Centric Intelligent Systems, 2022
Background: Diabetes is a long-term disease, which is characterised by high blood sugar and has risen as a public health problem worldwide. It may prompt a variety of serious illnesses, including stroke, kidney failure, and heart attacks.
Linta Islam   +5 more
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Mischievous Odds Ratios

open access: yesPLoS Medicine, 2006
Pieter Reitsma and colleagues have explored—in a population of patients anticoagulated with coumarin congeners—the connection between the presence of mutant alleles of a single gene and the risk of haemorrhage [ 1]. Using as their denominator the odds for bleeding in a patient without mutant alleles, and using as their numerator the odds for ...
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