| risks {MKclass} | R Documentation |
Compute RR, OR and Other Risk Measures
Description
The function computes relative risk (RR), odds ration (OR), and several other risk measures; see details.
Usage
risks(p0, p1)
Arguments
p0 |
numeric vector of length 1: incidence of the outcome of interest in the nonexposed group. |
p1 |
numeric vector of length 1: incidence of the outcome of interest in the exposed group. |
Details
The function computes relative risk (RR), odds-ratio (OR), relative risk reduction (RRR) resp. relative risk increase (RRI), absolute risk reduction (ARR) resp. absolute risk increase (ARI), number needed to treat (NNT) resp. number needed to harm (NNH).
Value
Vector including several risk measures.
Author(s)
Matthias Kohl Matthias.Kohl@stamats.de
References
Porta, M. (2014). A Dictionary of Epidemiology. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 3 Oct. 2020, from https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199976720.001.0001/acref-9780199976720
Examples
## See worked example in Wikipedia
risks(p0 = 0.4, p1 = 0.1)
risks(p0 = 0.4, p1 = 0.5)