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dc.contributor.authorPrieto, L
dc.contributor.authorPrieto, D
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-10T09:04:00Z
dc.date.available2022-02-10T09:04:00Z
dc.date.issued2002-10
dc.identifier.citationBoletín del ECEMC: Rev Dismor Epidemiol 2002; V (nº 1): 34-35es_ES
dc.identifier.issn0210–3893es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/13633
dc.descriptionEpidemiología y Teratología: Resultados de estudios sobre los datos del ECEMCes_ES
dc.description.abstractIn medical research, it is very common to report results in terms of proportions and relative risks (RR). Unfortunately, the researchers do not always interpret these figures correctly and, sometimes, the media publish erroneous information. By these reasons, in this article we used several examples to explain different concepts, and the real meaning when the value of a relative risk is expressed in form of percentage. If we say that the exposition to a certain factor (let say smoking) increases the probability of getting a certain disease (i.e. lung cancer) in a 90%, the interpretation is frequently erroneous. What we are saying is that individuals exposed to tobacco have a risk of getting the disease (lung cancer) 1,9 times greater than those individuals not exposed to tobacco (Relative Risk = 1,9). That is, that the exposition to the study factor (tobacco) almost doubles the chances of getting the disease. Similarly, if we would like to express a relative risk of 4 in percentage, this should be expressed saying that the exposure to tobacco increases the probability to develop lung cancer of 400%.es_ES
dc.language.isospaes_ES
dc.publisherInstituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII). Instituto de Investigación de Enfermedades Raras (IIER) es_ES
dc.type.hasVersionVoRes_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/*
dc.subjectDismorfologíaes_ES
dc.subjectAnomalías congénitases_ES
dc.subjectEpidemiologíaes_ES
dc.titleConceptos básicos sobre metodología bioestadística: Aclaración sobre los términos proporciones, frecuencias relativas, porcentajes y riesgos relativoses_ES
dc.title.alternativeBasic concepts on biostatistical methodology: Clarification of the terms: Proportions, Relative Frequencies, Percentages and Relative Riskses_ES
dc.typejournal articlees_ES
dc.rights.licenseAtribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional*
dc.format.volumeVes_ES
dc.format.number1es_ES
dc.format.page34-35es_ES
dc.identifier.journalBoletín del ECEMC: Revista de Dismorfología y Epidemiologíaes_ES
dc.repisalud.centroISCIIIes_ES
dc.repisalud.institucionISCIIIes_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accesses_ES


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