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Statistics and Epidemiology Flashcards

1
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How does the WHO define the perinatal mortality rate?

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The number of stillbirths and deaths in the first week of life per 1000 live births

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How do MBRRACE define maternal mortality?

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The number of direct and indirect deaths per 100,000 pregnancies

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How do MBRRACE define maternal death?

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A death that occurd during pregnancy or within 42 days of the end of the pregnancy

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What is standard deviation?

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Square root of variance

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What is variance?

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Standard deviation squared

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What is the definition of sensitivity?

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The proportion of individuals with the disease that were correctly identified by the test

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What is the definition of specificity?

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The proportion of individuals who were confirmed not to have the disease who were correctly identified as normal by the test

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What is an accurate test used for measuring distribution?

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Kolmogorov-Smirnov

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What is a method of estimating distribution?

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Histogram

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What test is used to compare means between two separate groups of PARAMETRIC data?

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Independant student t-test

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What test is used to compare means between two separate groups of NON-PARAMETRIC data?

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Mann-Whitney U

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What test is used to compare results between two paired sample of PARAMETRIC data?

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Paired student t-test

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What test is used to compare results between two paired sample of NON-PARAMETRIC data?

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Wilcoxon signed rank

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14
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What test is used to compare three or more measurements on one subject of PARAMETRIC data?

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Repeated ANOVA

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What test is used to compare three or more measurements on one subject of NON-PARAMETRIC data?

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Friedman

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What test is used to compare one variable between three or more separate variables of PARAMETRIC data?

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One-way ANOVA

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What test is used to compare one variable between three or more separate variables of NON-PARAMETRIC data?

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Kruskal Wallis

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What test is used to look for relationships between two continuous variables of PARAMETRIC data? (i.e. correlation)

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Pearson coefficient

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What test is used to look for relationships between two continuous variables of NON-PARAMETRIC data? (i.e. correlation)

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Spearman coefficient

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20
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What is level of evidence IV?

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Panel of experts - weakest form of evidence

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What is level of evidence III?

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Evidence from case, correlation, and comparative studies

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What is level of evidence IIb?

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Evidence from at least one well designed experimental trial

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What is level of evidence IIa?

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Evidence from at least one well designed controlled trial which is not randomized

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What is level of evidence Ib?

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Evidence from at least one Randomized Controlled Trial

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25
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What is level of evidence Ia?

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Evidence from Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

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26
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How is SEM (standard error of the mean) calculated?

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SEM = SD/square root of sample size

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27
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How do you calculate 95% confidence intervals using SEM?

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(mean - 1.96SEM) to (mean + 1.96SEM)

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28
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What is the incidence of ovarian cancer in the UK?

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22/100,000

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29
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What is the maternal mortality rate for ectopic pregnancy in the UK?

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2/1000 (0.2%)

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30
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What proportion of pregnancies are ectopic?

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11/1000

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31
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What is the most common type of ectopic pregnancy?

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Tubal - accounts for 93-95%

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32
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What is the risk of respiratory problems in VBAC compared to ELCS?

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2-3% compared to 3-4%

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33
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What are the risks of VBAC?

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1% additional risk of blood transfusion and endometritis
2-3/10,000 additional risk of birth-related perinatal death
22-74/10,000 risk of uterine rupture
8/10,000 develop HIE

34
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What are the chances of success for a first VBAC?

35
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What are the chances of success of a 2nd VBAC, following a previously successful one?

36
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What factors reduce the likelihood of success of VBAC?

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1) Induced labour
2) No prev. vaginal birth
3) BMI >30
4) If the C-section previously was for dystocia

37
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What is the 5 year survival rate of stage I ovarian cancers?

38
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What is the 5 year survival rate of stage IV ovarian cancers?

39
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What is the most common cause of maternal mortality?

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Cardiac disease (indirect)

40
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What is the most common direct cause of maternal mortality?

41
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What is the average age of diagnosis of endometrial cancer?

42
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What is the absolute risk?

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= the actual risk

43
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What is relative risk?

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= the ratio of risk comparing the risk in exposed vs. controlled groups

44
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What are the risk factors for endometrial cancer?

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1) PCOS
2) Obesity
3) Late menopause
4) Early menarche
5) HRT
6) Nulliparous
7) Diabetes
8) PD
9) Tamoxifen

45
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How is sensitivity calculated?

46
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How is specificity calculated?

47
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How is negative predictive value (NPV) calculated?

48
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How is positive predictive value (PPV) calculated?

49
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What is the negative likelihood ratio?

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(1-sensitivity)/specifity

50
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What is the positive likelihood ratio?

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sensitivity/(1-specifity)

51
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What factor increases the risk of ovarian cancer?

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Oestrogen-only HRT

52
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What factors decrease the risk of ovarian cancer?

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1) OCP
2) Increased parity
3) Breastfeeding
4) Hysterectomy
5) Tubal ligation
6) Statins
7) SLE

53
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What is the most appropriate method to assess prognosis?

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Cohort study

54
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What is the miscarriage rate age 20-29?

55
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What is the miscarriage rate age 30-34?

56
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What is the miscarriage rate age 35-39?

57
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What is the miscarriage rate age 40-44?

58
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What is the miscarriage rate age >/=45?

59
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What do parametric tests assume?

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Normal distribution

60
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What type of tests are used when the population distribution is not known?

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Non-parametric

61
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What are the parametric tests?

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Pearson; t-test; f-test; ANOVA; z-test

62
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What are the non-parametric test?

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Spearman; Mann-Whitney; Chi2; Wilcoxen signed rank; Fisher exact probability; Kruskal Wallis; Friedman

63
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What are type I errors?

A

Incorrect rejection of a null hypothesis
False +ve
Detecting an effect that is not present

64
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What are the type II errors?

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Incorrect acceptance of a null hypothesis
False -ve
Failing to detect an effect that is present

65
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What are ROC curves?

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y = sensitivity
x = 1-specificty
66
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What is the most appropriate method to assess diagnostic tests?

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Cross-sectional studies

67
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What is the most appropriate method to assess treatment/intervention?

68
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How should the power of a study be described?

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The study’s ability to detect an effect of a specified size?

69
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Which condition is associated with a ‘greek helmet’ facial profile?

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Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome

70
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What is the definition of incidence?

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Number of new cases of a disease that occur in a population previously free of it

71
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What is the definition of prevalence?

A

The frequency of existing disease at a given time

72
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What are the parameters measured in APGAR scoring?

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Pulse
Respiration
Muscle tone
Reflexes/irritability
Colour
73
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How is cystometry performed?

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Catheter placed in bladder with a pressure transducer to measure intravesical pressure
2nd catheter placed in either vagina or rectum to measure intra-abdominal pressure

74
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How is detrusor pressure measured in cystometry?

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Intravesical pressure - intra-abdominal pressure

75
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What is a Kaplan-Meier plot used to graphically represent?

A

Probability of survival

76
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What are case-control studies useful for?

A

Rare diseases

77
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What are different types of categorical data?

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Nominal/binary

Ordinal

78
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What are different types of quantitive data?

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Continuous

Discrete

79
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What is mean sensitive to?

A

Outliers (extreme values)

80
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The higher the power of a study, the lower the probability of what?

A

The higher the power of a study, the lower the probability of type II errors

81
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High sensitivity is required for which sort of tests?

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Screening tests, thus minimising missed cases

82
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High specificity is required for which sort of tests?

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Diagnostic tests, thus minimising misdiagnoses

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