Commentary on Controversy and Debate 4 paper series: Questionable utility of the relative risk in clinical research

This Controversy and Debate series by Doi and Chu and their respective colleagues clearly demonstrates that the tale of our two most fundamental effect measures, the relative risk (RR) and odds ratio (OR), is alive and well. Through this series of four papers, they use probabilistic and statistical methods to present their point of view, and illustrate these points using a resource which has been likened to the health services equivalent of the Human Genome Project [Naylor CD. Grey zones of clinical practice: some limits to evidence-based medicine.
Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Source Type: research