Question

Epidemiology

If you calculated relative risk turned out to be 2.46, how would interpret this?

Answer 1

Answer: The calculation of the relative risk shows the chances of spreading disease or risk of epidemic disease. It is a kind of measure that explains the relationship between exposure and disease among the two groups and it is expressed in form risk ratio (relative risk), rate ratio, and proportionate mortality ratio. For a particular relative risk ratio, there is measures such as if the relative risk is less than one means there is reduced risk in the exposed group whereas if the risk ratio is one or very near to one, then it suggests that there is no difference or little difference in risk. But if the calculated relative risk turned out to be more than one then there is an increased risk of that outcome in the exposed group. Here the calculated relative risk turned out to be 2.46, that means there is an extreme risk.