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Inverse Incidence Rate Ratio

Yes, that just gives you the rate ratio with 1 as the referent group instead of 0 (for a binary variable) or for a one unit decrease in the variable (for a continuous variable) exactly as with a risk …
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Is calculating Incidence Rate Difference/Ratio appropriate for single case experimental design?

First, a discussion of the "incidence rate" - this is a measure that is simply the number of events / the time the study subjects are at risk of the outcome. The incidence rate difference is typically …
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Alternative name for "incidence rate ratio"

I don't think its appropriate to use the term "incidence rate ratio" and your instincts are correct. You're reporting, as far as I can tell, neither an incident event, nor an actual rate, and rather t …
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Comparing incidence rates

A couple thoughts: First, your suggested comparison - the incident rate ratio between A and B - currently isn't conditioned on any covariates. Which means your number of events is 54 for Group A and …
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Interpretation of incidence-rate ratios

Ah, the incident rate ratio, my old friend. You're correct. If we have a 0/1 variable, an IRR of 0.7 means that those with X = 1 will have 0.7 times the incident events as those with X = 0. If you w …
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Adjusting variable for covariate to calculate rates or metric

The report goes into their adjustment strategy a little bit, and in general your instincts are correct: when people talk about adjustment, they usually mean they're including those variables in a regr …
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