Scholarlink

Suppose we are researching heart attacks, and we want to know whether a person’s having diabetes “affects” their chances of having a heart attack. Another way this is frequently put is to say that we want to know whether diabetes is a “risk factor” for heart attacks. A third way is to ask if heart attacks are “independent” of diabetes status. All three questions are really asking the same thing.

错误：搜索内容不能为空，请输入英文关键词
错误：关键词超出字数限制，请精简
高级检索

Independence, Proportions, and Relative Risk

  • 章节

  • 发表日期：

    2026年

查看全文
  • Alan Garfinkel,
  • Yina Guo

摘要

Suppose we are researching heart attacks, and we want to know whether a person’s having diabetes “affects” their chances of having a heart attack. Another way this is frequently put is to say that we want to know whether diabetes is a “risk factor” for heart attacks. A third way is to ask if heart attacks are “independent” of diabetes status. All three questions are really asking the same thing.