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Lecture 0: Introduction to Epidemiology
Lecture 0: Introduction to Epidemiology
Dankmar Bohning
Southampton Statistical Sciences Research InstituteUniversity of Southampton, UK
Advanced Statistical Methods in EpidemiologyMarch 2 - 4, 2015
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Lecture 0: Introduction to Epidemiology
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What is Epidemiology?
Epidemiology is the study of the determinants, distribution, andfrequency of disease (who gets the disease and why)
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I epidemiologists study sick people
I epidemiologists study healthy people
I to determine the crucial difference between those who get thedisease and those who are spared
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I epidemiologists study exposed people
I epidemiologists study non-exposed people
I to determine the crucial effect of the exposure
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Lecture 0: Introduction to Epidemiology
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What is Epidemiology? Last’s dictionary gives adetailed definition:
The study of the distribution and determinants of health-relatedstates or events in specified populations, and the application of thisstudy to control of health problems.
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Lecture 0: Introduction to Epidemiology
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Uses of Epidemiology
I to determine, describe, and report on the natural course ofdisease, disability, injury, and death
I to aid in the planning and development of health services andprograms
I to provide administrative and planning data
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Lecture 0: Introduction to Epidemiology
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Uses of Epidemiology
I to study the cause (or etiology) of disease(s), or conditions,disorders, disabilities, etc.
I to determine the primary agent responsible or ascertaincausative factors
I to determine the characteristics of the agent or causativefactors
I to determine the mode of transmission
I to determine contributing factors
I to identify and determine geographic patterns
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Lecture 0: Introduction to Epidemiology
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Purpose of Epidemiology
I to provide a basis for developing disease control andprevention measures for groups at risk
I this translates into developing measures to prevent or controldisease
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Lecture 0: Introduction to Epidemiology
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Two Broad Types of Epidemiology:
I descriptive epidemiology: examining the distribution of diseasein a population, and observing the basic features of itsdistribution
I analytic epidemiology: investigating a hypothesis about thecause of disease by studying how exposures relate to disease
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Lecture 0: Introduction to Epidemiology
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descriptive epidemiology is antecedent to analyticalepidemiology:
analytical epidemiology studies require information to ...
I know where to look
I know what to control for
I develop viable hypotheses
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Lecture 0: Introduction to Epidemiology
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three essentials characteristics of disease that we lookfor in descriptive studies are ...
I Person
I Place
I Time
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Person
I age, gender, ethnic group
I genetic predisposition
I concurrent disease
I diet, physical activity, smoking
I risk taking behavior
I SES, education, occupation
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geographic Place
I presence of agents or vectors
I climate
I geology
I population density
I economic development
I nutritional practices
I medical practices
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Time
I calendar time
I time since an event
I physiologic cycles
I age (time since birth)
I seasonality
I temporal trends
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Lecture 0: Introduction to Epidemiology
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The Epidemiologic Triangle: three characteristicsthat are examined to study the cause(s) for diseasein analytic epidemiology
I host
I agent
I environment
Host
Agent Environment
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The Epidemiologic Triangle
I host
I personal traits
I behaviors
I genetic predisposition
I immunologic factors
I ...
Host
Agent Environment
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Lecture 0: Introduction to Epidemiology
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The Epidemiologic Triangle
I agents
I biological
I physical
I chemical
I ...
I influence the chance fordisease or its severity
Host
Agent Environment
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Lecture 0: Introduction to Epidemiology
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The Epidemiologic Triangle
I environment
I external conditions
I physical/biological/social
I ...
I contribute to the diseaseprocess
Host
Agent Environment
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Epidemics occur when ..
I host, agent andenvironmental factorsare not in balance
I due to new agent
I due to change in existingagent (infectivity,pathogenicity, virulence)
I due to change in numberof susceptibles in thepopulation
I due to environmentalchanges that affecttransmission of the agentof growth of the agent
Host
Agent Environment
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Epidemiologic Activities
I often concentrate on PPT
I demographic distribution
I geographic distribution
I seasonal patterns and temporal trends
I frequency of disease patterns
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Epidemiologic Activities
I are built around the analysis of the relationship betweenI exposuresI disease occurrence
I are built around the analysis of differences betweenI casesI healthy controls
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Epidemiologic Study Types
I cross-sectional studiesI studies with time component
I observational studiesI interventional studies
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Study Types
• Cross‐sectional (Survey) (descriptive epidemiology)
• Longitudinal (Cohort)(analytical epidemiology)1. observational studies
• case‐control study (matched/unmatched)• cohort study
2. interventional studies• Clinical Trial • Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
observational period
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Interventional studies
• randomized(Baseline‐Characteristics)
• intervention group (Medication, Radiation, Surgery)
• control group(Standard therapy, Placebo)
• controlled(to control = to steer)
• blinding (single, double, triple)
intervention-group
control-group
Outcome (endpoint)
Outcome (endpoint)
Randomi-zation
Time
RCT: Randomized Controlled Trial
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cohort study
study begin
observational period
observational studies
ill
healthy
healthy
retrospective prospective
exposed (risk factor)
non exposed
ill
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case‐controlstudy
cohort study
non-exposed
controls(healthy)
study begin
obervational period
observational studies
case
healthy
healthy
retrospective prospective
exposed
exposed
exposed
non-exposed
non-exposed
case
cases(ill)
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pros and cons of cohort studies
pros:‐ exposure determined prior to occurrence of
disease ‐ suitable for investigating rare exposures ‐ suitable for investigating different diseases
simultaneously
cons:‐ can be expensive and last long ‐ exposure status might change over time‐ sample size problem and Bias caused by drop‐outs
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pros and cons of case‐control studies
pros: ‐ usually relative inexpensive‐ faster done than cohort study‐ suitable for rare diseases‐ suitable for investigating several exposure factors simultaneously
cons: Bias‐ selection bias in case and control group‐ investigator bias‐ exposure measurement bias
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Analytical Studies:Summary
Cross-Sectional
Case-Control
Cohort RCT
Cost + ++ +++ ++++
Duration + ++ +++ +++
Sample Size
Varies Small Large Varies
Incidence, Prevalence
Prevalence None Incidence Incidence
Multiple Outcomes
Yes No Yes Yes
Bias Prone Yes Yes No No
Causality No No No Yes
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Epidemiologic proof
• temporal sequence• reproducibility• strength of statistical asscoiation• dose‐response relationship• effect of removal of risk factor• biological plausibilty
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hierarchy of study types for interventional problems
Level 1 systematic review of RCTs,
single RCT
2 systematic review of cohort studies, single cohort
3 systematic review of case-control studies, single case-control study
4 case report (no control group)
5 expert opinion
Oxford Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Levels of Evidence (May 2001) http://cebm.jr2.ox.ac.uk/docs/levels.html
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