Atributive risk

Charakteristics

Atributive risk (AR) expresses the absolute effect of exposure to a risk factor. It tells us how much higher the incidence of the consequences is in the group of exposed people compared to the group of non-exposed people. It is calculated according to the formula:

$AR=I_{e}-I_{n}$

where I_e is incidence of the exposed and I_n incidence of non-exposed.

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Related articles

• Absolute risk
• Relative risk
• Odds Ratio

Sources

• BENCKO, Vladimír, et al. Epidemiologie, výukové texty pro studenty 1. LFUK, Praha. 2. edition. Praha : Univerzita Karlova v Praze – Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2002. ISBN 80-246-0383-7.

• GÖPFERTOVÁ, Dana, et al. Epidemiologie: průvodce epidemiologickou metodou. 1. edition. Praha : nakladatelství TRITON, 1999. pp. 55. ISBN 80-7254-037-8.