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Case-Control Studies in Epidemiology

This paper presents a list of names and then describes case-control studies, including their history, objectives, procedures, advantages, and limitations. Case-control studies are useful for identifying disease risk factors and generating hypotheses. They involve comparing groups of cases and controls to determine the association between exposures and health outcomes. They provide efficient information to evaluate multiple etiological factors.

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Case-Control Studies in Epidemiology

This paper presents a list of names and then describes case-control studies, including their history, objectives, procedures, advantages, and limitations. Case-control studies are useful for identifying disease risk factors and generating hypotheses. They involve comparing groups of cases and controls to determine the association between exposures and health outcomes. They provide efficient information to evaluate multiple etiological factors.

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Names: Gina Cristancho, Sandra Celis, Nicolás Mora, Alexis Martínez, Cindy

Giraldo.

Identify risk factors and


generate hypotheses for
Used by John Snow in subsequent studies
the 19th century
during his Study of rare health
investigations into the problems
causes of the cholera
epidemic
Useful for modifying health Study of diseases
in long periods of
policies and advancing
lactation
medical knowledge

They take less time


and costs than the
study

Its purpose is to clarify the etiology of the


Non- analytical non- disease
experimental procedure
analyzing 2 groups They are compared with Control group
respect to past exhibitions
Case group

Region

Selected cases Count


arising in a defined ry
population Age

Case selection must


Socioeconomic level
be carried out with
well-defined
diagnostic criteria Those who have EPS
Epidemiological studies been treated in a
and case controls medical facility Cli
over a long period
of time Hospitals

They are patients affected by


another disease other than the one
studied or they may be healthy

The selection of controls Statistical power is


arises from the same determined by an equal
population as the cases number of cases and controls

When the number of cases is small, it is due


to a rare disease or for another reason.

It is carried out from data obtained in cases and controls

Population etiological
Analysi fraction
s Odds ratio
Measurement
of variables Exposed attributable risk

Confidence interval

Efficiency and information provision capacity

Advantages Assessment of simultaneous etiological


and factors
limitations Difficulty of selecting correctly, with control and retrospective
information after the disease to occur.
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