Public Health Nutrition: 15(8), 1437-1441 doi:10.1017/S1368980012000614 Egg consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a case-control study Lina Radzeviciene'* and Rytas Ostrauskas Institute of Endocrinology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eiveniu 2, 50009 Kaunas, Lithuania Submitted 6 July 2011: Accepted 20 January 2012: First published online 6 March 2012 Read the following paper, and answer the questions below: "Scott H., Biello SM., Woods HC. Radzeviciene L. Ostrauskas R. Egg consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a case-control study. Public Health Nutrition, 2012;15(8): 1437-1441" (a) "What justification/s do the authors provide for conducting this study (this is usually found in the background). Please use bullet points and be concise." [4 marks] (b) "What study design was used in this research, identify from the paper methods sections key characteristics that support the design you just noted. Please use bullet points for each characteristic" [4 mark] (c) "What is/are the main exposure/s and what is/are main outcome of this study in operational terms, that mean how the exposure/s were defined and how the outcome/s were defined? (this is usually clear in tables presentation and the methods section)" [4 marks] (d) "What was the prevalence of first-degree family history of diabetes in cases and control and what was the prevalence of Obesity (BMI 30). Can these variables potentially confound the association between egg consumption and type 2 diabetes? Justify you answer" [4 marks] (e) "build a 2 by 2 table in order to compute the crude associations (OR) between diabetes Type 2 and exposure to eggs; the exposure is low consumption (