An epidemiologic study evaluated the relationship between caffeine and developing high blood pressure. The relative risk of the group drinking five caffeinated drinks a day in comparison to the group drinking no caffeinated drinks a day was 0.99 . This means that if a person drinks five caffeinated drinks a day, he or she ____.
a. has a 99 percent chance of developing high blood pressure
b. has a 99 percent chance of NOT developing high blood pressure
c. is not at increased risk of high blood pressure
d. will almost certainly develop particularly severe high blood pressure
Question 2
To an epidemiologist studying factors that contribute to diabetes, an individual with a confirmed case of diabetes is a(n) ____.
a. incidence
b. prevalence
c. case
d. risk factor
Mechanisms that help maintain glucose homeostasis in the blood.
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Diabetes mellitus. The metabolic disease diabetes mellitus, with symptoms of polydipsia, polyuria, a
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