Application in different study designs — Flashcards

_____ studies are observational studies that compares groups with a given exposure or risk factor to a group without such exposure

Prevalence is _____ than incidence for chronic diseases (e.g. diabetes)

Are case-control studies useful for measuring incidence and/or prevalence? _____

Are cohort studies useful for measuring incidence and/or prevalence? _____

For rare diseases (low prevalence), _____ approximates relative risk

If relative risk _____ 1, exposure is associated with decreased disease occurence

If relative risk _____ 1, there is no association between exposure and disease

relative risk (epidemiology)

odds ratio (epidemiology)

What is the unit for measuring outcomes in a case-control study?