Section outline

  • Measures of Disease Association II and Measures of Attribution

    Measures of association in a case-control study; equivalence of odds ratio to other measures of association depending on control sampling: case-cohort, incidence density, or prevalent; sufficient-component cause model of disease; measures of attribution: attribution among exposed vs attribution in an overall population.

    Faculty:  Ann Schwartz

    • Lecture Slides:

    • Disease Association II and Attribution 2021 File

    • Lecture Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students): 

    • Watch 2021 URL
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    • Large Group Discussion (Access restricted to registered students): Brief formal review of lecture followed by question and answer discussion. Recorded lecture should be viewed prior to this session.

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    • Recommended Reading:

    • S & N: Ch. 3, including sections 3.2.2 and 3.4.2; Appendix A4 and A5

    • Optional Reading:

    • Greenland S and Robins JM. Conceptual problems in the definition and interpretation of attributable fractions. American Journal of Epidemiology 128:1185-1197, 1988. File
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    • Rockhill B, Newman B, and Weinberg C. Use and misuse of population attributable fractions. American Journal of Public Health 88:15-19, 1998. File
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    • Rothman KJ. Causes. Am J Epi 104:587-592, 1976. File
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    • Rothman KJ and Greenland S. Causation and causal inference in epidemiology. AJPH 95:5145-5150, 2005. File
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    • Assignment: Problem Set 5

    • Problem Set 5 Disease Association II 2021 File
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    • Assignment Due Date:  October 19, 2021 at the beginning of Small Group Discussion

    • Assignment Answer Key (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Problem Set 5 Disease Association II Answer Key 2021 File
    • Problem Set 5 Disease Association II Answer Key 2021 File