Cohort and Case-Control Studies: Pro’s and Con’s
Monday, June 7th, 2010by Annette Gerritsen, Ph.D.
Two designs commonly used in epidemiology are the cohort and case-control studies. Both study causal relationships between a risk factor and a disease. What is the difference between these two designs? And when should you opt for the one or the other?
Cohort studies
Cohort studies begin with a group of people (a cohort) free of disease. The people in the cohort are grouped by whether or not they are exposed to a potential cause of disease. The whole cohort is followed over time to see if (more…)
