Absolute risk
Absolute risk (or AR) is the probability or chance of an event. It is usually used for the number of events (such as a disease) that occurred in a group, divided by the number of people in that group.[1]
Absolute risk is one of the most understandable ways of communicating health risks to the general public.[2]
See also[]
- Absolute risk reduction
- Relative risk
- Relative risk reduction
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References[]
- ^ Porta, Miquel, ed. (2014). A dictionary of epidemiology (PDF) (Six ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199976720. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ Trevena, LJ; Davey, HM; Barratt, A; Butow, P; Caldwell, P (February 2006). "A systematic review on communicating with patients about evidence". Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 12 (1): 13–23. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2753.2005.00596.x. PMID 16422776.
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- Medical terminology