I've been meaning to do this since I created @justsaysrisks - new blog explaining relative vs absolute risk, and why they are both importanthttps://link.medium.com/ZqGVCYaLrX
I think that the PAF can be a very useful tool in communication but I don't think it applies to most media reports, so absolute risk difference is often more useful. But yes it is definitely helpful when used correctly
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Yes, I was meaning absolute risk different (i.e population attributable risk) rather than PAF which is problematic as a factor can have a high PAF even when numbers are small. I see part of the solution is getting researchers themselves to talk in PAR rather than ratios
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Ah yes apologies, I misread that. I agree that would help immeasurably, as well as press releases including PAR by default
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