Sugiyama et al. (A-21) examined risk factors for allergic diseases among 13- and 14-year-old schoolchildren in Japan.
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Sugiyama et al. (A-21) examined risk factors for allergic diseases among 13- and 14-year-old schoolchildren in Japan. One risk factor of interest was a family history of eating an unbalanced diet.
The following table shows the cases and noncases of children exhibiting symptoms of rhinitis in the presence and absence of the risk factor.
Rhinitis Family History Cases Noncases Total Unbalanced diet 656 1451 2107 Balanced diet 677 1662 2339 Total 1333 3113 4446 Source: Takako Sugiyama, Kumiya Sugiyama, Masao Toda, Tastuo Yukawa, Sohei Makino, and Takeshi Fukuda, “Risk Factors for Asthma and Allergic Diseases Among 13–14-Year-Old Schoolchildren in Japan,” Allergology International, 51 (2002), 139–150.
What is the estimated odds ratio of having rhinitis among subjects with a family history of an unbalanced diet compared to those eating a balanced diet? Compute the 95 percent confidence interval for the odds ratio.
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