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ARTICLE: Dietary Fat Intake and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women: 20 Years of Follow-up of the Nursesâ Health Study (https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/96f3/9a4bfd42af16449f5176a09e2a6627226ecc.pdf )
1. What are the exposures of interest? How were they assessed? (include in your response: method, frequency, quality and accuracy of ascertainment) What are the advantages and limitations of the chosen exposure assessment?
2. What is the main outcome of interest? How was the outcome assessed (include in your response: method, frequency, quality and accuracy of ascertainment)? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this approach?
3. What is the source population of this study? Does this differ from the target population? What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying this population?
4. Describe who and how many participants comprise the study population. How many were lost to follow-up and/or how many remained in the study?
5. Both Tables 2 and 3 refer to the âRelative Risk of coronary heart disease...â. What type of risk measure is being calculated?
6. The authors excluded women who reported having cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, other cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or hypercholesterolemia before June 1, 1980. Why did they do this? How would leaving these women in have affected their results?
I answered some of them but i just want to make sure...
ARTICLE: Dietary Fat Intake and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women: 20 Years of Follow-up of the Nursesâ Health Study (https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/96f3/9a4bfd42af16449f5176a09e2a6627226ecc.pdf )
1. What are the exposures of interest? How were they assessed? (include in your response: method, frequency, quality and accuracy of ascertainment) What are the advantages and limitations of the chosen exposure assessment?
2. What is the main outcome of interest? How was the outcome assessed (include in your response: method, frequency, quality and accuracy of ascertainment)? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this approach?
3. What is the source population of this study? Does this differ from the target population? What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying this population?
4. Describe who and how many participants comprise the study population. How many were lost to follow-up and/or how many remained in the study?
5. Both Tables 2 and 3 refer to the âRelative Risk of coronary heart disease...â. What type of risk measure is being calculated?
6. The authors excluded women who reported having cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, other cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or hypercholesterolemia before June 1, 1980. Why did they do this? How would leaving these women in have affected their results?
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