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Then, odds ratios can be calculated as illustrative above. It is important that the strata S+E+, S+E- and S-E+ be compared to a common baseline (S-E-). This permits direct comparisons of each OR with the others. Note that each odds ratio calculation is based on only 4 of the 8 cells. The other 4 cells are omitted from the odds ratio calculation.