Definitions Flashcards
Key terms for whole module
All cost mortality
Death from any cause
Effect size
the size of the difference between two or more groups or conditions
Dose response
the relationship between the level of exposure and disease response
Generalizability
The extent in which results apply to different populations
Exposure
Dose to a specific risk factor
Incidence
The number of new cases of a conditions developing in a population
Confounding Variable
A variable the misdirects the true effect
Health Status
Disease specific quality of life
MET
Metabolic equivalent of task
Population-attributional risk
The incidence of a disease in a population attributional to population specific characteristics
Odds ratio
the ratio of the odds of exposure to the variable of interest in one group to the odds of exposure to this variable in another
Relative risk
The ratio of occurrence of a disease among exposed people compared to non-exposed
Prevalence
The number of cases of a disease in a population at a given time
Secondary prevention
Disease in risk mortality and mobility in patients with existing disease
Statistical power
the ability to detect a true effect
