Abstract
In comparison with relative risk, the concept of attributable risk (AR) has only recently received some attention among electrocardiographic investigators, although it was introduced by Levin as early as 1953.1 The publications of Miettinen in the 1970s have elaborated on the meaning of the concepts of relative risk and attributable risk (etiological fraction) in cohort and case control studies.2–4
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(2007). Attributable Risk. In: Investigative Electrocardiography in Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-481-6_13
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