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• OR =75X100/150X275 = 0.182
Answer this question
• A group of 400 persons was followed up for 10
years. In this group 200 were smokers and the
other 200 were non smokers. By end of the
study, 50 smoker persons developed lung
cancer. The second group of 200 non smoker
persons, 15 only developed lung cancer. What
is the risk of developing lung cancer
associated with tobacco smoking?
Answer
• The study is a cohort study
• The risk ratio is the risk estimate to be calculated
• 95% CI = 0.983-2.584
• 95% CI = 1.234-2.321
• 95% CI = 0.234-0.821
• The 95% CI for risk of lung cancer among
a group of population was 2.345-4.562.
which of the following is the risk estimate
of this group?
a) 1.359
b) 2.324
c) 3.459
d) 4.789
• There was a significant risk of breast
cancer in relation to prolonged used of
contraceptive pills (RR= 2.897). Which of
the following should be the 95%
confidence interval of risk of cancer?
a. 0.324-0.897
b. 0.982-3.456
c. 1.298-3.895
d. 2.999-3.897