What’s the Risk: Differentiating Risk Ratios, Odds Ratios, and Hazard Ratios?

Andrew George1,2,3,4,5, Thor S Stead1,2,3,4,5, Latha Ganti1,2,3,4,5
1 . Emergency Medical Services, Polk County Fire Rescue, Bartow, USA
2 . Emergency Medicine, Brown University, Providence, USA
3 . Emergency Medicine, Envision Physician Services, Nashville, USA
4 . Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, USA
5 . Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, USA

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