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hazard ratio

hazard ratio noun: 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.

Noun

hazard ratio (plural hazard ratios)

  1. 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.

Forms of hazard ratio

pluralhazard ratios

Questions about hazard ratio

What does hazard ratio mean?
Hazard ratio means 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.
What part of speech is hazard ratio?
Hazard ratio is a noun.
What is the plural of hazard ratio?
The plural of hazard ratio is hazard ratios.

Words near hazard ratio in the dictionary

  1. hazard a guess
  2. hazard creep
  3. hazard light
  4. hazard lights
  5. hazard pay
  6. hazard ratio
  7. hazard ratios
  8. hazard reduction burn
  9. hazard reduction burns
  10. hazardable
  11. hazarded

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