分析研究中的剂量反应和交互作用Doseresponseand.pptVIP

Exposure Disease 疾病 Total 暴露 + - 总数 OR A + B 25 75 100 6.3 B only 25 75 100 6.3 A only 5 95 100 1.0 参考值- 5 95 100 1.0 END * Here is a typical problem that arises in many field studies. It can happen in any type of outbreak but I am using food as an example here. Indeed I have seen this problem in about 20% of the foodborne outbreaks that I have supervised or investigated. In this example we see that none of the foods is associated with illness although 3 have an elevated RR and 2 have a low RR. Can anybody Identify the problem. Answer – the problem is that one is comparing for each food