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(Epidemiology Review) Choose one correct answer. A retrospective cohort study used data from a Manhattan hospital to inv

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(Epidemiology Review) Choose one correct answer.
A retrospective cohort study used data from a Manhattan hospitalto investigate the association between prior respiratory diagnosisand COVID-19 death among on COVID-19 patients under 40 years.
The data from the study are shown in the 2x2 table below:
The authors stated: The odds of COVID-19 death for patients witha prior respiratory diagnosis are 1.61 times the odds of COVID-19death for patients without a prior respiratory diagnosis.
Were the authors correct to present the odds ratio (OR) fortheir findings?
A. Yes, the OR is a reasonable estimate of the RR for thisstudy
B. No, the OR is not a reasonable estimate of the RR for thisstudy
C. The OR is never a reasonable estimate of the RR for aretrospective cohort study
D. We cannot determine if the OR is a reasonable estimate of theRR from the data provided
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