Match the terms with the corresponding descriptions.
-Measure of the effect of a specific risk factor

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Relative risk is a measure of the effect of a specific risk factor.

Answer: C
 Prevalence rate is the rate at which some diseases occur.

Answer: D
 Obesity is not a term that needs to be matched as it is not in the list of choices.

Answer: E
 Polygenic traits are influenced by many different genes.

Answer: F
 Empirical risk refers to the incidence of a genetic trait in a population based on observation and statistics rather than its underlying genetic cause.

Answer: A
 The effect of multiple genes on a trait is referred to as a polygenic effect, while the incidence rate refers to the frequency of occurrence of a disease in a population. Gene-environment interaction is the effect of the environment on gene expression.

Match the Terms with the Corresponding Descriptions