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5 Cards in this Set
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Case-control Study
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Observational and Retrospective- "What happened?"
Compares group of people with disease to a group without disease. MEASURES- Odds ratio (OR) |
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Cohort Study
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Observational and Prospective- "What will happen?"
Compares group with a given risk factor to a group without the risk factor to assess whether the risk factor increases the likelihood of disease MEASURES- Relative risk (RR) |
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Cross-sectional Study
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Observational- "What is happening?"
Collects data from a group of people to assess the frequency of disease at a particular point in time. MEASURES- Disease prevalence |
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Twin concordance Study
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Compares the frequency with which both monozygotic twins or both dizygotic twins develop a disease.
MEASURES- heritability |
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Adoption Study
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Compares siblings raised by biologic vs. adoptive parents.
MEASURES- heritability, environmental factor influences |