AMS 5 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Walnut Creek, California, Kaiser Permanente, Cervical Cancer
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Summer 1, 2017: a study done at kaiser permanente in walnut creek, ca showed that users of oral contraceptives have a higher rate of cervical cancer than nonusers, even after adjusting for age, education and marital status. The researchers missed the crucial confounding variable of sexual activity. Women taking oral contraceptives were more sexually active than women who didn"t. This is important because cervical cancer is (now) known to be caused by the human pappiloma virus (hpv), which is a sexually transmitted disease. Women who more sexually active were more likely to be exposed to hpv and therefore more likely to develop cervical cancer: (6 pts) an advertisement for home security company says: When you go on vacation, burglars go to work According to fbi statistics, over 25% of home burglaries occur between memorial day (last monday of may) and labor day ( rst monday of september). The fbi data does not support the home security company"s claim.
