Checking the interpretation of log odds in logistic regression (with multiple variables)

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Here's a log odds equation -->

0.8=2.5(Hypertension)+0.3(Gender)+0.06(Age)+15

Please let me know if my interpretation of it is right -->

My interpretation: With one unit change in 'Hypertension', log odds of heart disease increases by 2.5 units. Or in other words, a person with hypertension is 2.5 times more likely to get heart disease as compared to a person with no hypertension.

No, these are not probabilities or odds, these are log odds, you have to transform this. — user2974951, Aug 05 '22 at 05:49
Does this answer your question? [Interpreting log odds in case of multiple predictor variables](https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/113175/interpreting-log-odds-in-case-of-multiple-predictor-variables) — Pluviophile, Aug 06 '22 at 16:53

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 04 '22 at 14:14

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May I be wrong, but I do not think 2.5 times more. Considering you are not measuring the probability of heart disease to non-hypertension. On this way, your first sentence is correct, but the second, do not.

answered Aug 04 '22 at 14:14

GregOliveira

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Thank you for the to-the-point answer. – Apoorva Aug 05 '22 at 08:26

Checking the interpretation of log odds in logistic regression (with multiple variables)

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