Which of the Following Is a Risk Factor for Getting

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a risk factor for getting asthma?

• A) low birth weight
• B) emotional stress
• C) being from an affluent family
• D) having a best friend with asthma

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Definitions:

Odds Ratio

The odds that y = 1 given that one of the independent variables increased by one unit (odds1) divided by the odds that y = 1 given no change in the values for the independent variables (odds0); that is, Odds ratio = odds1 / odds0.

Estimated Income

An estimate of the revenue anticipated to be generated during a certain timeframe.

Yearly Income

The total pre-tax earnings received by an individual or household over the course of one year from all sources combined.

SST

Total Sum of Squares, a measure used in statistics to quantify the variance in a dataset.