Question 1
In a population of 10,000 adults, 200 new cases of type 2 diabetes are diagnosed during one calendar year, and 800 people already have the disease at the start of the year. What is the annual incidence rate per 1,000 population?
Correct Answer:
20 per 1,000 per year.
Question 2
A cross-sectional survey finds that 15% of adults report current smoking. Which measure of disease frequency does this estimate represent?
Correct Answer:
Point prevalence.
Question 3
In a cohort study, 5% of exposed individuals develop lung cancer compared with 1% of unexposed individuals. What is the relative risk (RR)?
Correct Answer:
5.0.
Question 4
A case-control study reports an odds ratio (OR) of 3.0 for oral contraceptive use among women with venous thromboembolism compared with controls. When is the OR a reasonable approximation of the relative risk?
Correct Answer:
When the outcome is rare in the source population.
Question 5
Which study design is best suited to establish the temporal sequence between an exposure and a disease when the disease is rare and has a long induction period?
Correct Answer:
Prospective cohort study.
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