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Odds ratio = (A x D) / (B x C)
= (23 x 86) / (36 x 7)
Disadvantages
designs
Less expansive than alternative designs
With cohort studies you need to keep everyone in for as long as you can.
Lack of follow-up is a huge source of bias. With cohort studies you are
looking at exposures, and following forward in time to see if an outcome
results. With case-control though, you select people with or without the
outcomes and look at exposure histories.
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