Study Design — Flashcards

Flashcard 121: Why does Generalizability bias matter? _____

Answer: Because patients in tertiary centers are usually highly selected

Flashcard 122: For a chronic disease, how are prevalence and incidence related? _____

Answer: Prevalence > Incidence

Flashcard 123: Prevalence is _____ than incidence for chronic diseases (e.g. diabetes)

Answer: greater

Flashcard 124: One assumption of Hardy-Weinberg population genetics is that _____ is not occuring

Answer: natural selection

Flashcard 125: In the United States, cancer is the **second** leading cause of death in which age groups?

Answer: 1–14, 25–44, and ≥65 years

Extra: Leading causes of death in the US (CDC/First Aid): • **<1 year:** Congenital malformations • **1–44 years:** Unintentional injury (#1). Cancer is #2 for groups 1–14 and 25–44. • **45–64 years:** Cancer (#1), Heart disease (#2). • **≥65 years:** Heart disease (#1), Cancer (#2).

Flashcard 126: Are case-control studies useful for measuring incidence and/or prevalence? _____

Answer: Neither

Flashcard 127: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the _____ leading cause of death in adults

Answer: 1st

Flashcard 128: What is the most common cause of death in individuals aged 1–44 years?

Answer: Unintentional injury

Flashcard 129: Odds are the _____ of the probability of having an event to the probability of not having

Answer: ratio

Flashcard 130: Accidents are the _____ leading cause of death in children

Answer: 1st