relative odds meaning

• [Medicine]
  The ratio of two odds. The exposure-odds ratio for case control data is the ratio of the odds in favor of exposure among cases to the odds in favor of exposure among noncases. The disease-odds ratio for a cohort or cross section is the ratio of the odds in favor of disease among the exposed to the odds in favor of disease among the unexposed. The prevalence-odds ratio refers to an odds ratio derived cross-sectionally from studies of prevalent cases.

• at odds:    Adjective: at odds ...
• odds:    Noun: odds &n ...
• odds-on:    Adjective: odds-on ...

Examples

1. IIA implies that adding another option or changing the characteristics of a third option does not affect the relative odds between the two options considered.
2. After adjustments for other factors known to influence growth, including social class, crowding in the home and gender, the relative odds were only slightly reduced.