Finding a measurement of exposure to a risk factor in the body is another way of making case-control studies more reliable and less subjective. These are known as biomarkers. For example ...

we have conducted a case–control study that collected information on all adult deaths from 2001 to 2003 in a nationally representative sample of 1.1 million homes. The field teams asked ...

For example, in epidemiology ... they are beneficial and when participants are fully aware of the risk. Case-control studies involve identifying people who already have a disease (the “case ...

Relatives of patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis, including spouses, have a higher likelihood of developing the condition, ...

The genomewide association study is typically based on a case–control design in which single ... of each SNP in cases and controls. In this example, SNPs 1 and 2 on chromosome 9 are associated ...

Case control studies are prone to bias and confounding ... subtypes of disease and to define a measure of health status. For example, when studying oral cleanliness it is important to define ...