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Prevalence Ratio in Cross
Prevalence Ratio in Cross
Strength of Association
Reference
a/a+b (circled in red) is the prevalence of disease among the exposed persons
To compare these two prevalences, we can form a ratio with one over the other to get a
prevalence ratio of disease in the exposed and unexposed.
If disease prevalence is higher in those with the exposure (placed on top in the
ratio), the ratio will be greater than 1.0.
If the prevalence is lower in those with the exposure, the ratio will be l ess than
1.0.
Strength of Association
How much greater or less than 1.0 is a measure of the strength of the
association between the exposure and the disease.
This kind of measure of association is known as a ratio measure.
intervention and
control groups
HSV2 was measured only once, cross-sectionally, at the end of the trial and
hence the ratio of the prevalence in the intervention and control groups is reported
correctly as a prevalence ratio.
Reference
Ross, D. A., Changalucha, J., Obasi, A. I., Todd, J., Plummer, M. L., Cleophas-Mazige, B.,
et al. (2007). Biological and behavioural impact of an adolescent sexual health intervention
in Tanzania: a community-randomized trial. Aids, 21(14), 1943-1955.