Common misinterpretations — Flashcards

Common misinterpretations — Flashcards

Common misinterpretations — Flashcards
#1

_____ studies are observational studies that compare a group of people with disease to a group without disease

#2

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

#3

_____ surveys are observational studies that compare a frequency of disease and frequency of risk related factors at one time point

#4

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

#5

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

#6

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

#7

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

#8

relative risk (epidemiology)

#9

odds ratio (epidemiology)

#10

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

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