Table 1.
Notation for entries in a 2-by-2 table.
| Outcome (Disease) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Factor | Event | No Event | Total |
| exposed | a | b | a + b |
| unexposed | c | d | c + d |
| Total | a + c | b + d | n = a + b + c + d |
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