FCA1-0845
A breakthrough lipid-lowering therapy for stroke had a number needed to treat (NNT) of 20 for the prevention of the primary end-point. These results can be best described as:
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FCA1-0832
Among the following options which one compares variance within the group and variance between groups?
FCA1-0827
Your manager asks you to inform patients that are suffering from a chronic pain about a trial that is going to be conducted in order to determine the efficacy of a novel analgesic. What phase is the trial currently in?
FCA1-0826
The incidence and prevalence of a diabetes in a locality are being measured by a health care professional. This is what he found: Year: People with Diabetes vs New Cases 2017: 150,000 vs 2000 2018: 150,000 vs 4000. What can be stated regarding the incidence and prevalence of the disease in that area?
FCA1-0831
A chain smoker is interested in knowing how many years of his life would be lessened by smoking. You tell him explicitly that precise determination is impossible but you can tell him the proportion of people who died due to smoking. Which of the following epidemiological term is apt in this regard?
FCA1-0824
After a bariatric surgery, average weight loss observed in patients is 18 kg. The standard deviation was found to be 3 kg. What is the percentage of patients that lie between 9 and 27 kg? Note: Assume that the curve is normally distributed.
FCA1-0833
Among the following which one is not a criterion for the assessment of causality?
FCA1-0822
It was hypothesized that people that had lower socio economic status were more prone to developing gastric cancer. After 30 years of studying people with lower socio economic status, it was found that they did have a greater tendency to develop cancer. As a result of that the authors got to the conclusion that a strong association existed between the two. Later on another study conducted found that people from lower socio economic back grounds also had a tendency to be smokers. Which form of potential bias can be associated with this particular study?
FCA1-0823
What is factually correct regarding correlation and regression?
FCA1-0825
What can an outbreak of flu that has spread globally be termed as?