When we have any medical disorder there are always causes or factors that help in developing this condition. for example when someone complain from lower back pain. The primary causes might be injury, Obesity, Occupation, ect. In addition to other risk factors that include physically been inactive, smoking, psychosocial factors..
Here I need to understand how we can differentiate association factor from risk factor scientifically?
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Begard
Outcome of cross sectional studies is mostly in the form association.
this is the point that am looking for, and am asking again why?
Here I would like to explain what I understand.
the factors that might be predictors for developing LBP during pregnancy, (assume this is my title paper) If my paper was done in cross section. the outcome will document that obesity is an one of the association factor with LBP during pregnancy. But when we want to discover the risk factors, we have to have follow up within specific period in the study (am right?)
In epidemiology, a risk factor is a variable associated with an increased risk of disease or infection But association factor is where they frequently are used to quantify relationships between exposures and diseases or behaviours. Also you can find some articles on the internet that compares them more precisely.
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