HSS4303B Introduction To Epidemiology Science of the Gods Jan 7, 2010 “Epidemiologic Approaches”
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Hss4303b – intro to epidemiologyApril 1, 2010 – a hodgepodge of stuff
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Last time…
• Type I error– Incorrectly rejecting the null
• Type II error– Incorrectly failing to reject the null
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• Alpha relates to Type I error– Typically set at 0.05
• Beta relates to Type II error– Typically set at 0.20
Power = 1- beta
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Last time
• For 1-group study, and with alpha=0.05 and beta=0.20
N = 8 sigma2 / delta2 (approximately)
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Last time
• For 2-group study, and with alpha=0.05 and beta=0.20
N per group = 16 sigma2 / delta2
(approximately)
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• What is delta?– The smallest difference worth detecting
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Example
• A cohort of 25 people is given an IQ test and scores an average of 138. After one year of intensive education, a similar IQ test is re-applied. The literature suggests that the standard deviation of the change in IQ should be 5. What is the smallest change in IQ that the cohort will be able to detect?
Delta = square root [8variance/N] = square root [8x25/25] = 2.8
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Posters
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Your posters
• New document uploaded to website• Poster is a visually presented research paper, but isn’t
just a paper pasted onto a wall• Half of the 25 marks I will assess before the poster day• The other half will be awarded by judges on the day• I need to receive via email the text of your posters (just
the text!) by midnight Thursday April 8th
– Send to [email protected]– Failure to send on time will be penalized 2.5 of the total 25
marks for each 24 hour period it is late
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From association to causation
• Approaches to etiology• Types of etiological associations• Types of causal relationships• Evidence of causal relationship• Examples of causal relationship– Peptic ulcers and gastric cancers– Alcohol use and abuse– Estrogen use and Alzheimer’s disease
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Approaches to etiology
• In-vitro studies– Cell culture or organ cultures
• In-vivo studies– Animal studies• Acute exposures• Chronic exposures
– Human studies• Unplanned experiments• Natural experiments
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Etiological studies
• Approaches to studying disease etiology– Animal studies– In-vitro studies– Population studies• Observation studies
– Chernobyl disaster– Bhopal tragedy– Hiroshima and Nagasaki study
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Association studies
• Examination of association– If there is association; nature of this association
Observed association between exposure and disease
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Anatomy of etiological studies
A frequent sequence of studies in human populations.
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Ecologic studies
Correlation between dietary fat intake and breast cancer by country
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Ecologic studies
• ____________ studies– Show plausibility of relationship– Does not establish causality– Does not take into account variability of exposure
among individuals– Ecologic fallacy• Ascribing to members of a group, characteristics that
they in fact do not possess individually
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Causal relationship
• Types of causal relationships– Direct
• A factor directly causes a disease
– Indirect• A factor causes a disease through intermediate factor or factors
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Different possibilities of causal relationship
• Necessary and sufficient• Necessary but not sufficient• Sufficient but not necessary• Neither sufficient nor necessary
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Possibilities in causal relationship
1. Necessary and sufficient• A one to one relationship of exposure to disease, rarely if ever occurs
• Infection with corona virus H5N1 and development of SARS
Types of causal relationships: I. A factor is___________________________.
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Possibilities in causal relationship
2. Necessary but not sufficient• One or more factors are essential and necessary, but not, in itself, sufficient to cause the disease• An initiator and promoter are both necessary to cause cancer but each on its own do not cause
cancer
Types of causal relationships: II. Each factor is ________________________.
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Possibilities in causal relationship
3. Sufficient but not necessary• One or more factors (by themselves) can cause the disease• Radioactivity exposure or benzene exposure can each produce leukemia without
the presence of the other
Types of causal relationships: III. __________________________________.
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Possibilities in causal relationship
4. Neither sufficient nor necessary• A complex interaction between factors, so no essential or required factors can be
identified• Hormonal changes, xenobiotics, chronic inflammation, dietary factors and age
are intricately involved in the development of prostate cancer
Types of causal relationships: IV. __________________________________________.
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CSEB
• We welcome student members• The latest newsletter is now on the class
website– Features articles by your TA and one of your
classmates
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Epidemiology around the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW-ZHpFrLZQ
CAREC
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WHO Epidemiology
• http://www.who.int/topics/epidemiology/en/
• Fact sheets• Global health atlas• Weekly epidemiology report• etc
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Weekly Epidemiology Record
• http://www.who.int/wer/en/• “The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER)
serves as an essential instrument for the rapid and accurate dissemination of epidemiological information on cases and outbreaks of diseases under the International Health Regulations and on other communicable diseases of public health importance, including emerging or re-emerging infections. “
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The CDC
• Lots of fun tidbits on their website:– www.cdc.gov
CDC Tracking network:– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J42CLZH1NlE
CDC outbreak response– http://www.cdc.gov/CDCTV/RespondOutbreaks/
index.html
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Epi Info
• Free epidemiology software created by the CDC
• http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/
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Erin’s Hours
• No more formal tutorials except for two exam review sessions:– April 22– April 26 (afternoon)