Question

4.   Suppose that an epidemiologic study among adults men age 45 to 65 years found an increased risk for stroke among men with a family history Parkinson’s disease. Suppose also that these findings were replicated in two other studies of adult men between the ages of 35 and 55 years. Would it be reasonable to generalize these findings to:

a.   Adult women age 40 to 65 years

b.   Adults age 85 years or older

c.   Children and young adults under the age of 25 years

Answer 1

If the finding of the study of increased risk of stroke among men of age 45 to 65 years is made and along with it the replication of the two other findings of the same study with the ages between 35 to 55 years , then:

A. It would be unreasonable to generalize these findings to the adult women of age between 40 to 65 years. Because the cases are only seen in men which makes them at the verge of getting the disease.

B. It would be reasonable to generalize the adults age 85 years and older because they already have a family history of it and are fairly at high risk of getting it.

C. Children and young adults under the age of 25 years cannot be generalized to these findings because the first is for their age where they are not at the age of getting stroke and the second is they can have high risk of getting it once they get older and maybe vulnerable to it.