hazard ratio

English

Noun

hazard ratio (plural hazard ratios)

  1. (statistics, medicine) A measure of the chance of an event in one group compared to that of another at a particular time or over a subset of a study's time; the ratio between two groups' hazard rates.

Usage notes

A hazard ratio significantly different from 1 means that the event being studied is much more likely in one group than in the other. A hazard ratio close to 1 means that the event's likelihood is not significantly different between the two groups compared.

  • hazard rate
  • odds ratio
  • relative risk
  • relative risk ratio
  • relative risk reduction, RRR
  • risk ratio

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