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attributable risk

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attributable
emanating from or pertaining to attribute.

attributable proportion
see attributable risk (below).
attributable risk
a measure of the proportion of the total risk which can be attributed to the risk factor which is under consideration. Called also attributable proportion.

attributable risk
Epidemiology Any factor which ↑ the risk of suffering a particular condition. See Relative risk, Risk factor. Cf Nonattributable risk Statistics The rate of a disorder in exposed subjects that is attributable to the exposure derived from subtracting the rate–incidence or mortality of the disorder of a nonexposed population from the rate in an exposed population.


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The attributable risk percent (AR%) was estimated as follows: ([odds ratio (OR) - 1]/OR) x 100.
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