Browsing by Subject "Relative risk"
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Disease mapping of Leishmaniasis outbreak in Afghanistan: spatial hierarchical Bayesian analysis
( Elsevier , 2012 , Article)Abstract ObjectiveTo analyze the spatial pattern of Leishmaniasis disease in Afghanistan, using provincial level geo-referenced data. The disease is contracted through bites from sand flies and is the third most common ... -
The odds ratio is “portable” but not the relative risk: Time to do away with the log link in binomial regression
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Objectives: In a recent paper we suggest that the relative risk (RR) be replaced with the odds ratio (OR) as the effect measure of choice in clinical epidemiology. In response, Chu, and colleagues raise several points that ...