What is true of the odds ratio? Select all that apply.
A) An odds ratio exceeding 1 is interpreted as conveying greater risk or a greater likelihood of an outcome.
B) Odds ratio is defined as the ratio of the rate in a population subgroup exposed to an agent that is believed to cause a disease, injury, or death to the rate in a population subgroup not exposed.
C) Another name for odds ratio is cross-product ratio.
D) Odds ratio is a close approximation of relative risk.

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Relative risk, not odds ratio, is defined as the ratio of the rate in a population subgroup exposed to an agent that is believed to cause a disease, injury, or death to the rate in a population subgroup not exposed.

What Is True of the Odds Ratio? Select All That