hazard ratio

collocation in English

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hazard
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhæz.əd/us
/ˈhæz.ɚd/
something that is dangerous and likely to ...
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ratio
noun[C]
uk
/ˈreɪ.ʃi.əʊ/us
/ˈreɪ.ʃi.oʊ/
the relationship between two groups or amounts that expresses how much bigger one is than ...
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(Definition ofhazardandratiofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As indicated by the estimatedhazardratio, rivalries that do not experience change to democracy have greater chances of survival.
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Thehazardratiois given along the horizontal axis with the ver tical line drawn through unity indicating equivalence or no difference between treatments.
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That is, the effect of the covariates on thehazardratiohas to be proportional over the duration of a rivalry.
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The ratio of these is known as thehazardratio.
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However, the risk was assumed to increase with number of previous episodes (hazardratio1.15) (14).
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Thehazardratiofor new-onset depression in the tamoxifen group was nonsignificant.
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It is used to estimate thehazardratiowhich is the risk of progression to an event over time in the treatment group versus the placebo group.
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The magnitude of the benefit increased with longer follow-up, with ahazardratioof 0.28 for patients followed 5 to 10 years, and 0.33 for patients with 10 years follow-up.
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An interpretation of thehazardratioshows that a 1 per cent increase in seat share decreases the risk of party leader removal by 3 per cent.
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While it is possible that this comparison would have been significant with a larger sample, this was the lowesthazardratioin all of our analyses.
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While the median endpoint ratio is a relative speed measure, thehazardratiois not.
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In contrast, a low-carbohydrate diet with largely animal sources of protein and fat increases mortality, with ahazardratioof 1.1.
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It should be clear that thehazardratiois a relative measure of effect and tells us nothing about absolute risk.
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For example, in the quasilinear setting this often happens when thehazardratiois itself not monotone.
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Thehazardratiowould be 2, indicating higher hazard of death from the treatment.
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Surgery patients had a 23.7% reduction in mortality (5.0% vs. 6.3% control, adjustedhazardratio0.71).
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For example, ahazardratioof 2 is thought to mean that a group has twice the chance of dying than a comparison group.
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