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Chapter 14
Risk Factors and Inflammation: Links to Chronic Disease
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The leading actual cause of death in the United States is
A. heart disease.
B. cancer.
C. smoking.
D. poor diet and inactivity.
2. A(n) ___________________ model can be used to identify factors that are associated with the development of a chronic disease.
A. web of causation
B. risk factor
C. epidemiology
D. chronic disease model
3. The strength of association between a risk factor and the development of a disease is called
A. population attributable risk.
B. individual attributable risk.
C. relative risk.
D. none of the above.
4. In the metabolic syndrome, abdominal obesity is linked to
A. type 2 diabetes.
B. elevated triglycerides.
C. hypertension.
D. all of the above.
5. Which of the following is an example of an environmental risk factor?
A. age
B. socioeconomic status
C. poor nutrition
D. inactivity
6. Which of the following risk factors for coronary heart disease cannot be changed?
A. diabetes
B. stress
C. high serum cholesterol
D. heredity
7. Which of the following is not a way that epidemiology is used to control health problems?
A. to establish the cause of a disease
B. to trace the natural history of a disease
C. to create and implement a treatment for a disease
D. to evaluate an intervention
8. Which of the following is not among the criteria for the Metabolic Syndrome?
A. abdominal obesity
B. high blood pressure
C. muscle fiber type
D. high fasting blood glucose
/ Questions
9. The major causes of death in the United States are infectious diseases.
10. Atherosclerosis is the leading contributor to heart attack and stroke deaths.
11. Currently, 32.3% of men are classified as obese and 68% are overweight.
12. The relative risk of CHD due to physical inactivity is higher than that of cigarette smoking.
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