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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:770-771
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Alessandro Parolari, MD, PhD, Francesco Alamanni, MD, Fabrizio Veglia, PhD, Elena Tremoli, PhD, Paolo Biglioli, MD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, University of Milan, via Parea 4, Milan, 20138 Italy

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To the Editor:

We thank Takagi and colleagues [1] for their interest in our article. However, their criticism concerning the appropriate use of odds ratio (instead of relative risk) is minor, as the use of odds ratio as a measure of relative effect is a totally acceptable method for describing a treatment effect [2].

Also their concerns about robustness of our analysis can be easily ruled out. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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