Measures of association in epidemiological studies: smoking mothers and low birth weight children in the city of Campina Grande – PB

Tarsyla Medeiros de Albuquerque; Gabriela Albuquerque Batista de Araujo; Bruno Leão Caminha; Marta Lucia de Albuquerque; Mácio Augusto de Albuquerque

doi:10.4025/actascihealthsci.v38i2.30526

Measures of association in epidemiological studies: smoking mothers and low birth weight children in the city of Campina Grande – PB

Tarsyla Medeiros de Albuquerque Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Gabriela Albuquerque Batista de Araujo Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Bruno Leão Caminha Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Marta Lucia de Albuquerque Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Mácio Augusto de Albuquerque Universidade Estadual da Paraíba

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v38i2.30526

Keywords: Cohort Study, Relative Risk, Odds Ratio

Abstract

The aim of this study was to present and describe the essential aspects, and to discuss the use of measures of association, relative risk and odds ratio, including formulas for calculating confidence intervals of obtained data from a cohort study of underweight live births of mothers who smoked during pregnancy, whose deliveries were performed in hospitals and maternity wards located in Campina Grande. Smoking during pregnancy was analyzed as a potential risk factor for low birth weight among 3612 newborns. In assessing the association of outcome, there were no large numeric differences between the estimates of the relative risk, odds ratios and confidence intervals obtained. It is a acceptable approximation to the relative risk and the odds ratio. It is up to the researcher to choose the most appropriate technique to its subject matter and should be determined according to the surveyed data.

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Tarsyla Medeiros de Albuquerque, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

¹Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Campus I, Cidade Universitária, s/n - Castelo Branco, João Pessoa - PB, CEP 58051-900

Gabriela Albuquerque Batista de Araujo, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

¹Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Campus I, Cidade Universitária, s/n - Castelo Branco, João Pessoa - PB, CEP 58051-900

Bruno Leão Caminha, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

¹Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Campus I, Cidade Universitária, s/n - Castelo Branco, João Pessoa - PB, CEP 58051-900

Marta Lucia de Albuquerque, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

²Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Aplicadas(Facisa), Av. Senador Argemiro de Figueiredo, 1901 - Itararé - Campina Grande-PB, CEP 58411-020

Mácio Augusto de Albuquerque, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba

³Departamento de Estatística, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba(UEPB), Rua Baraúnas, 351 - Bairro Universitário - Campina Grande-PB, CEP 58429-500

Published

2016-09-30

How to Cite

Albuquerque, T. M. de, Araujo, G. A. B. de, Caminha, B. L., Albuquerque, M. L. de, & Albuquerque, M. A. de. (2016). Measures of association in epidemiological studies: smoking mothers and low birth weight children in the city of Campina Grande – PB. Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 38(2), 179-184. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v38i2.30526

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Vol 38 No 2 (2016)

Section

Medicine

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