National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Relative Risk

Synonyms

relative risk

Relative Risk

risk ratio

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C93152

ALT_DEFINITION

A measure of the risk of a certain event happening in one group compared to the risk of the same event happening in another group. In cancer research, risk ratios are used in prospective (forward looking) studies, such as cohort studies and clinical trials. A risk ratio of one means there is no difference between two groups in terms of their risk of cancer, based on whether or not they were exposed to a certain substance or factor, or how they responded to two treatments being compared. A risk ratio of greater than one or of less than one usually means that being exposed to a certain substance or factor either increases (risk ratio greater than one) or decreases (risk ratio less than one) the risk of cancer, or that the treatments being compared do not have the same effects.

code

C93152

FULL_SYN

relative risk

Relative Risk

risk ratio

label

Relative Risk

Preferred_Name

Relative Risk

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C93152

Semantic_Type

Conceptual Entity

UMLS_CUI

C0242492

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C17102

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