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Analytical studies
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• Cohort
• 300 to 600 man unit in Roman Army
• Cohort
• Group of people sharing some common
characteristics (ex. Birth cohort)
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Relative Risk
Incidence
Population
Remain non-diseased
time
Ambispective
Exposure Disease
Study starts
time
Retrospective
Exposure Disease Study starts
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Start of
study
Employees working in
dye industry (n=4622)
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1920 1930 1940 1950
Case R et al, Brit J Industr Med, 1954
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Exposure Outcome
Time
1. Selection of cases
2. Selection of controls
3. Information on exposure
4. Analysis
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Selection of cases
Sources of cases
BASIC COURSE IN BIO-MEDICAL RESEARCH
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Selection of controls
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Selection of controls
BASIC COURSE IN BIO-MEDICAL RESEARCH
• Population based
• Sampling of the general population
• Health care facility based
• Patients with other diseases
• Case-based
• Friends, Neighbourhood
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Odds ratio
Cases Controls Total
Odds that case was exposed = Odds that control was exposed =
Probability that case was exposed Probability that control was exposed
Probability that case was not exposed Probability that control was unexposed
=[(a/a+c)] =[(b/b+d)]
=a/c =b/d
=[(c/a+c)] =[(d/b+d)]
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Odds ratio=[a/c]/[b/d] = ad/bc
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