Gordis Epidemiology
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To calculate: The odds ratio (OR) for the given case-control study data.

Introduction: Relative risk is the ratio between the risk in the exposed population to the risk in the unexposed population. It is also defined as “the probability of an event occurring in the exposed people compared with the probability of the event in the unexposed people”. In a case-control study, the odds ratio is calculated instead of the relative risk.

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