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Question 13

A study is planned to investigate the relationship of factors associated with maternal hypertension and the risk of congenital birth defects in children born to these women. In this study, the researchers will start with women who have given birth to children with birth defects. They then research their charts to determine their hypertension levels during their pregnancy.


What should be your measure of rate, odds or risk ratio?

		rate
		odds
		risk ratio What type of study is it? Select one. cross-sectional case-control retrospective cohort completely randomized trial Is this an experiment or an observation?

Answer 1

Answer: Risk ratio ( This is because the risk ratio the ratio of the probability of an outcome in an exposed group to the probability of an outcome in an unexposed group)

The type of study is cross-sectional. ( This is because the two different disease or defects are being compared on the same condition that means here the researchers will start with women who have given birth to children with birth defects. They then research their charts to determine their hypertension levels during their pregnancy.)