A study conducted by López-Carnllo, Avila, and Dubrow

Part 1: ORs

A study conducted by López-Carnllo, Avila, and Dubrow (1994) investigated health hazards associated with the consumption of food local to a particular geographic area, in this case chili peppers particular to Mexico. It was a population-based case-control study in Mexico City on the relationship between chili pepper consumption and gastric cancer risk. Subjects for the study consisted of 213 incident cases and 697 controls randomly selected from the general population. Interviews produced the following information regarding chili consumption:

Table 1: Chili Pepper Consumption and Gastric Cancer Risk

Chili pepper consumption Case of gastric cancer Controls

Yes A = 204 B = 552

No C = 9 D = 145

Note: You do not need to use the Minitab software to complete this assignment.

In a Microsoft Excel worksheet, calculate the odds of having gastric cancer.

In addition, provide a written interpretation of your results in APA format.

Part 2: Chi-Square

Bain, Willett, Hennekens, Rosner, Belanger, and Speizer (1981) conducted a study of the association between current postmenopausal hormone use and risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI), in which 88 women reporting a diagnosis of MI and 1,873 healthy control subjects were identified from a large population of married female registered nurses aged thirty to fifty-five years. To test the hypothesis that there is no association between use of postmenopausal hormones and risk of MI, chi-square statistics need to be calculated.

The data are presented as follows:

Table 2: Association between Postmenopausal Hormone Use and Risk of Nonfatal MI

  Cases Controls Total

Currently use 32 825 857

Never use 56 1,048 1,104

Total 88 1,873 1,961

Using the Minitab procedure, enter the data, perform appropriate procedures, and provide calculations from the table.

In addition, in a Microsoft Word document, provide a written interpretation of your results in APA format.