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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23800002

Under results, it gives risks for certain conditions. What do "OR3.43; 95%" and "CI: 2.49-4.74" mean?
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Original post by Henry3669
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23800002

Under results, it gives risks for certain conditions. What do "OR3.43; 95%" and "CI: 2.49-4.74" mean?


OR= Odds ratio, 95% CI = 95% Confidence intervals.
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Original post by Henry3669
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23800002

Under results, it gives risks for certain conditions. What do "OR3.43; 95%" and "CI: 2.49-4.74" mean?


Put simply, according to the results of this review, women with PCOS are 3.43 times more likely to experience gestational diabetes than women in the control group...if we performed the sampling multiple times, we would expect this value to fall somewhere within the range of 2.49-4.74.

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