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risk

[risk]

a danger or hazard; the probability of suffering harm.

attributable risk the amount or proportion of incidence of disease or death (or risk of disease or death) in individuals exposed to a specific risk factor that can be attributed to exposure to that factor; the difference in the risk for unexposed versus exposed individuals.

empiric risk the probability that a trait will occur or recur in a family based solely on experience rather than on knowledge of the causative mechanism. See also genetic risk.

genetic risk the probability that a trait will occur or recur in a family, based on knowledge of its genetic pattern of transmission. See also empiric risk.

relative risk for a disease, death, or other outcome, the ratio of the incidence rate among individuals with a given risk factor to the incidence rate among those without it.

rel·a·tive risk (RR),

the ratio of the risk of disease among those exposed to a risk factor to the risk among those not exposed.

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rel·a·tive risk

(RR) (relă-tiv risk)

Ratio of the risk of disease among those exposed to a risk factor to the risk among those not exposed.

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