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Epidemiologists Tried to Investigate the Role of Factor Y in the Exposure-Disease

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Epidemiologists tried to investigate the role of factor Y in the exposure-disease relationship.They developed three tables to show the exposure-disease relationship based on the status of factor Y.In this analysis,what is the odds ratio in the overall population?  Overall \text { Overall }
 Case  Control  Exposed 1,000500 Unexposed 200500\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline & \text { Case } & \text { Control } \\\hline \text { Exposed } & 1,000 & 500 \\\hline \text { Unexposed } & 200 & 500\\\hline\end{array}

 Factor Y present \text { Factor } Y \text { present }
 Case  Control  Exposed 800250 Unexposed 100250\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline & \text { Case } & \text { Control } \\\hline \text { Exposed } & 800 & 250 \\\hline \text { Unexposed } & 100 & 250 \\\hline\end{array}

 Factor Y absent \text { Factor } Y \text { absent }
 Case  Control  Exposed 200250 Unexposed 100250\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline & \text { Case } & \text { Control } \\\hline \text { Exposed } & 200 & 250 \\\hline \text { Unexposed } & 100 & 250 \\\hline\end{array}


A) 0.5
B) 1.0
C) 2.0
D) 5.0
E) 8.0

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