Application status of odds ratio for medical animal experiments
- VernacularTitle:odds ratio在医学动物实验中的应用
- Author:
Qiong CHI
;
Zehong ZOU
;
Yiling FU
;
Ailin TAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
database;
animal model;
odds ratio;
correlation intensity;
retrieval strategy
- From:
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin
2010;26(3):408-410
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Aim To study the application status of odds ratio for medical animal experiments.Methods Odds ratio and seven kinds of animal models were used as retrieval strategy to search medical animal experiment related papers in several Chinese and English databases.Papers relating to each kind of animal model and using odds ratio in abstract and text were counted. Data from different databases were compared. Calculation of odds ratio was exemplified and the significance of different odds ratio values was illustrated in this paper.Results Few medical animal experiments cited odds ratio as statistics.Conclusions The importance of odds ratio has not been fully recognized in Chinese references.
