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Epidemiology

the odds of exposure among cases divided by the odds among controls, used to estimate relative risk when a disease is rare.

In epidemiology, odds ratio refers to the odds of exposure among cases divided by the odds among controls, used to estimate relative risk when a disease is rare. This meaning comes from Cornfield (1951) in Journal of the National Cancer Institute.[1]

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References

Cornfield, J. (1951). A method of estimating comparative rates from clinical data: Applications to cancer of the lung, breast, and cervix. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 11(6), 1269-1275. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/11.6.1269

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