1.2 Who is at risk of cardiovascular disease?

Question 1

What is risk?

Answer 1

A measure of the probability that damage to health will occur as a result of a given hazard

Question 2

How can risk be measured?

Answer 2

As a value from 0%

Question 3

what is relative risk?

Answer 3

Comparing the likelihood of harm occurring in those exposed and not exposed

Question 4

What factors should be considered when risk is quantified? (6)

Answer 4

• Time period at which the risk can occur
• Stress levels
• Alcohol intake
• Occupation
• Gender
• Pollution.

Question 5

What can scientists use correlations to identify?

Answer 5

• Correlations between lifestyle/factors and risk

Question 6

What are the factors of the Null Hypothesis? (2)

Answer 6

• Changes in variables is entirely due to chance

- There is always a control and experimental group to prove/disprove the null hypothesis