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B2: Quiz 14
B2: Quiz 14
1)
a) Define risk factors.
b) Do risk factors for a particular disease mean that you will definitely develop that disease; yes or no?
2) The risk factors for different diseases can be split into unavoidable and lifestyle (avoidable) risk factors.
a) Give 2 examples of unavoidable risk factors for any disease.
b) Give 2 examples of lifestyle (avoidable) risk factors for any disease.
3) Give 3 risk factors that are associated with cardiovascular disease.
4)
a) Explain why smoking is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Write quite a lot.
b) In addition to cardiovascular disease, give one other disease that smoking is a risk factor for.
5) Excessive drinking is a direct risk factor for which disease?
6) Give a direct risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
7) When proving risk factors, we need to be really careful to ensure that there is causation between the risk factor and the disease, rather than just correlation between the risk factor and the disease.
a) What is correlation?
b) What is causation?
8) The effects of non-communicable diseases can be split into human and financial.
a) Give 2 examples of the human effects.
b) Give 2 examples of the financial effects.
a) Define risk factors.
b) Do risk factors for a particular disease mean that you will definitely develop that disease; yes or no?
2) The risk factors for different diseases can be split into unavoidable and lifestyle (avoidable) risk factors.
a) Give 2 examples of unavoidable risk factors for any disease.
b) Give 2 examples of lifestyle (avoidable) risk factors for any disease.
3) Give 3 risk factors that are associated with cardiovascular disease.
4)
a) Explain why smoking is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Write quite a lot.
b) In addition to cardiovascular disease, give one other disease that smoking is a risk factor for.
5) Excessive drinking is a direct risk factor for which disease?
6) Give a direct risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
7) When proving risk factors, we need to be really careful to ensure that there is causation between the risk factor and the disease, rather than just correlation between the risk factor and the disease.
a) What is correlation?
b) What is causation?
8) The effects of non-communicable diseases can be split into human and financial.
a) Give 2 examples of the human effects.
b) Give 2 examples of the financial effects.