Sociology

Mathematics

Relative risk

Poisson distribution

Binomial regression

Statistics

Demography

Logistic regression

Odds ratio

Odds

Negative binomial distribution

Binomial (polynomial)

Confidence interval

Medicine

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

In a recent paper we suggest that the relative risk (RR) be replaced with the odds ratio (OR) as the effect measure of choice in clinical epidemiology. In response, Chu, and colleagues raise several points that argue for the status quo. In this paper, we respond to their response.

The Odds Ratio is “portable” across baseline risk but not the Relative Risk: Time to do away with the log link in binomial regression