question archive The following data are from a prospective cohort study in which a sample of people from a town near a toxic waste site was compared to that from a similar town a hundred miles away in the same state The outcome was incidence of all types of cancer over a 5 year period Town Cancer – yes Cancer – no A 42 458 B 37 763 What is the odds ratio of cancer in town A compared to town B? Which is the better measure of association in this study? Why?
The following data are from a prospective cohort study in which a sample of people from a town near a toxic waste site was compared to that from a similar town a hundred miles away in the same state The outcome was incidence of all types of cancer over a 5 year period Town Cancer – yes Cancer – no A 42 458 B 37 763 What is the odds ratio of cancer in town A compared to town B? Which is the better measure of association in this study? Why?
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The following data are from a prospective cohort study in which a sample of people from a town near a toxic waste site was compared to that from a similar town a hundred miles away in the same state
The outcome was incidence of all types of cancer over a 5 year period
Town Cancer – yes Cancer – no
A 42 458
B 37 763
What is the odds ratio of cancer in town A compared to town B?
Which is the better measure of association in this study? Why?
