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Hazard ratio

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The hazard ratio in survival analysis is a summary of the difference between two survival curves, representing the overall reduction in the risk of death on treatment compared to control, over the period of follow-up. This can be defined mathematically as:

where "AUC" = Area Under the Curve of probability of survival versus time.