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Odds Ratio

Known as: Ratio, Cross-Product, Odds Ratios, Odds, Relative 
A measure of the odds of an event happening in one group compared to the odds of the same event happening in another group. In cancer research, odds… 
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Explaining odds ratios.
An odds ratio (OR) is a measure of association between an exposure and an outcome. The OR represents the odds that an outcome… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Risk factors for ischaemic and intracerebral haemorrhagic stroke in 22 countries (the INTERSTROKE study): a case-control study
Review
2004
Review
2004
Limitations of the odds ratio in gauging the performance of a diagnostic, prognostic, or screening marker.
A marker strongly associated with outcome (or disease) is often assumed to be effective for classifying persons according to… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The diagnostic odds ratio: a single indicator of test performance.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Funnel plots for detecting bias in meta-analysis: guidelines on choice of axis.
Review
2000
Review
2000
The odds ratio
In recent years odds ratios have become widely used in medical reports—almost certainly some will appear in today's BMJ . There… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
A simple method for converting an odds ratio to effect size for use in meta-analysis.
  • S. Chinn
  • Statistics in medicine
  • 2000
  • Corpus ID: 38904943
A systematic review may encompass both odds ratios and mean differences in continuous outcomes. A separate meta-analysis of each… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
What's the relative risk? A method of correcting the odds ratio in cohort studies of common outcomes.
Logistic regression is used frequently in cohort studies and clinical trials. When the incidence of an outcome of interest is… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Does quality of reports of randomised trials affect estimates of intervention efficacy reported in meta-analyses?
Review
1998
Review
1998
When can odds ratios mislead?
Odds ratios are a common measure of the size of an effect and may be reported in case-control studies, cohort studies, or… 
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