Epidemiology question

study hall D Question 8 1 pts Use the following information to answer questions 8 and 9: You are interested in investigating the association between smoking and myocardial infarction (heart attack) in a population of American adults. You notice that smokers tend to consume more alcohol than nonsmokers, but you do not believe smoking to cause higher consumption of alcohol. Excessive alcohol intake is a risk factor for myocardial infarction. Is it appropriate to consider alcohol intake a confounder? (1 point) No Yes D Question 9 2 pts If you answered yes in Question 8, state why, and state in which direction the estimated relative risk would be biased (in 1-2 sentences). If you . answered no in Question 8, state what would need to be different for it to be a confounder (in 1-2 sentences). (2 points total) HTML Editor