title: When to use the odds ratio or the relative risk?
authors.affiliation: Institute for Community Medicine, Methods in Community Medicine, University of Greifswald, Greifswald , Germany. carsten.schmidt@uni-greifswald.de
authors.forename: Carsten Oliver
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohlmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012306:Risk