| 1. | The study was of a type that epidemiologists call a case control study.
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| 2. | Case control studies are relatively inexpensive and less time consuming than cohort studies.
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| 3. | The nested case control study can be analyzed using methods for missing covariates.
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| 4. | The design of case control studies, looking at past events, generally prevents definitive conclusions.
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| 5. | Thus the nested case control study is less efficient than the full cohort design.
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| 6. | Since case control studies don't track patients over time, they can't establish relative risk.
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| 7. | Prospective studies have many benefits over case control studies.
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| 8. | These can include case control studies or prospective studies.
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| 9. | Existing studies include a scientific assortment such as registries, case control studies, and clinical trials.
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| 10. | The jargon piles up rapidly : case control study, prevented fraction, population attributable risk percent.
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