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on: Aug 21, 2018
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


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Reply #1 on: Aug 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

c


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