Reporting in medical literature — Flashcards

Reporting in medical literature — Flashcards

Reporting in medical literature — Flashcards
#1

_____ are a range of values within which the true mean of the population is expected to fall, with a specified probability (usually 95%)

#2

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

#3

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

#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 decreased disease occurence

#7

_____ ratios can be multiplied with pretest odds of disease to estimate posttest odds

#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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