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Avoidance dental visit, the impact of predictor factors: A cross-sectional study in Kerman, Iran [PDF]
Journal 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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Risk ratio vs odds ratio [PDF]
American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 2012 from which we can infer that if the risk or the probability of failure is low (P\0.1), then the OR is a good approximation of the RR, and they can be used interchangeably. If the risk of the events is high, then the OR and the RR cannot be used interchangeably, since they tend to be quite different because the risk is bounded by the values of 0 and 1 ...
Nikolaos Pandis
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On the Reporting of Odds Ratios and Risk Ratios [PDF]
Nutrients, 2018 It is with great interest that we read the article by Ricci et al. entitled “Maternal and Paternal Caffeine Intake and ART Outcomes in Couples Referring to an Italian Fertility Clinic: A Prospective Cohort” [...]
Nelson Pace, Jasjit Multani
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Common pitfalls in statistical analysis: Odds versus risk
Perspectives 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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Sensitivity Analysis on Odds Ratios
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2023 Abstract The classical Cornfield inequalities state that if a third confounding variable is fully responsible for an observed association between the exposure and the outcome variables, then the association between both the exposure and the confounder, and the confounder and the outcome, must be at least as strong as the association ...
Leppälä Kalle, Leppälä Kalle
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Sex Differences in the Association Between Frailty and Sarcopenia in Patients With Cirrhosis. [PDF]
, 2019 ObjectivesFrailty is prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is hypothesized to result in part from sarcopenia, but the precise contribution of sarcopenia to frailty in this population is poorly understood.MethodsIncluded were patients with cirrhosis ...
Bhanji +17 more
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Peri-operative Inotrope Use in Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgeries [PDF]
Journal 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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Communicating Study Results to Our Patients: Which Way Is Best? [PDF]
, 2008 Before we are able to communicate evidence and evidence results to patients we must first be familiar with the common ways by which results may be presented to our patients. We describe five approaches (relative risk, risk reduction, odds ratio, absolute
Petrisor, BA, Tornetta III, Paul
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Five-year trend in hydrogenated vegetable oil consumption among Northern Iranian families [PDF]
, 2013 Background: The main aim of this study was to assess the trends in hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) consumption and some related factors among northern Iranian families from 2006 to 2010.
Angizeh, A. +7 more
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Human-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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