Difference between the risk of exhibiting a certain adverse effect in the presence of a substance and the same risk in the absence of the substance. BT risk. Last, 1988
A figure that quantifies the amount of risk due to a certain characteristic. It is obtained by subtracting the incidence rate for the group without the characteristic from the rate for the groups with the characteristic.
The level of risk that is casually related to a particular factor or variable.
A measure of public health impact of an exposure or characteristic; it is the rate of disease occurrence or death ("risk") in a group that is exposed to a particular factor which can be attributed to the exposure to that factor.
The rate of a disease in exposed individuals that can be attributed to the exposure. This measure is derived by subtracting the rate (usually incidence or mortality) of the disease among nonexposed persons from the corresponding rate among exposed individuals.
The attributable risk of disease given an exposure is simply the rate of disease (incidence) in the exposed people minus the rate in the unexposed people.
