The case-control study design is often used in the study of rare diseases or as a preliminary study where little is known about the association between the risk factor and disease of interest.

Teo, KK, Ounpuu, S, Hawken, S, et al. Tobacco use and risk of myocardial infarction in 52 countries in the INTERHEART study: a case-control study. Lancet 2006;368:647-658 Crossref ...

Study Design and Study Sample. We conducted a case-control study using the inpatient admission records of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Study Design: This retrospective cohort study of solid organ transplant recipients with access to a transplant case management program used a case-control study design.

A case-control study, like other medical research, can help scientists find new medications and treatments. Find out how 'cases' are compared with 'controls' in this type of study. This type of ...

There are many different types of observational studies, but here are the four most common that you need to know about: cross-sectional surveys, cohort studies, case-control studies, and case reports.

Researchers used a case-control study design that included 690 infants who had been hospitalized for RSV-associated bronchiolitis (case patients) matched with 345 infants who had clinical visits ...

Effectiveness was estimated with the use of a test-negative, case–control study design. 16,18 The widths of the confidence intervals have not been adjusted for multiplicity and should not be ...

In the present study, researchers used a case-control study design to elucidate the associations between HPV infections and subsequent prostate cancer risk in Taiwanese patients.