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Concept information

Preferred term

hazard ratio

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information It is a measure of an effect of an intervention on an outcome of interest over time. Outcome can be positive or negative. It is used most commonly in time-to-event analysis or survival analysis (i.e. when we want to know how long it takes for a particular outcome/event to occur).

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • ratio of hazard

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/338710

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