Common misinterpretations — Flashcards

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

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

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

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 increased disease occurence

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

Relative Risk (RR)

odds ratio (epidemiology)

What is the primary measure of association used in a case-control study?