Question: A study was recently conducted to assess the relationship between miscarriage and heavy alcohol use during the first trimester of pregnancy. Fifty women who suffered

A study was recently conducted to assess the relationship between miscarriage and heavy alcohol use during the first trimester of pregnancy. Fifty women who suffered miscarriage were enrolled in the study along with 50 women who delivered full-terminfants. Each participant's use of alcohol duringtheir first trimester of pregnancy was ascertained by face-to-face interview. For the purpose of this study, heavy alcohol use was defined as consuming four or more drinks on any one occasion during the first trimester of pregnancy. Study results found that a total of 18 women were heavy alcohol users, 14 among those who suffered a miscarriage.

  1. 1)What type of study design was used? Explain.
  2. 2)Set up the 2X2 contingency table for the data.
  3. 3)For this type of study design, what is the appropriate measure to describe the strength of the association between exposure and disease?
  4. 4)Calculate the measure identified in question 3.
  5. 5)Interpret the measure calculated in question 4.

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