Investigators Think That Income Might Be a Confounder in the Relationship

question 3

Multiple Choice

Investigators think that income might be a confounder in the relationship between Hispanic ethnicity and cardiovascular disease.They conduct a case-control study,and they match cases and controls based on income.They find that Hispanics are more likely to have cardiovascular disease as compared with non-Hispanics.What is the measure of association used in such study?

• A) Risk ratio
• B) Relative risk
• C) Incidence rate ratio
• D) Attack rate
• E) Odds ratio

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