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You are a nurse practitioner working in

You are a nurse practitioner working in an ambulatory clinic in Illinois with a case load of 350 patients. You notice that a large proportion (179 patients) have COPD, and you wonder if it is related to smoking. You create the following 2 x 2 table to explore the relationship between smoking and COPD: smokers nonsmokers total With COPD 82 97 179 Without COPD 18 153 171 100 250 350 1. What is the rate of COPD among your patients who smoke? 2. What is the relative risk of COPD among the smokers and nonsmokers? 3. What is the risk for COPD that can be attributed to smoking? 4. What are the odds of getting COPD if a patient is a smoker? 5. You learn that the rate of COPD among nonsmokers in the state of Illinois is 0.26. Why does that statistic cause you concern? What is your next step? 6. What other statistics would help you determine how big the problem is among your patients? SCIENCE HEALTH SCIENCE NURSING NUR 5005

 
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