Question: A Patient Has Genes Known To Be Associated With A Risk Of Hypertension. Will They Definitely Develop Hypertension During Their Lifetime? 1 Pts No – Hypertension Is Only Caused By Diet And Lifestyle (environmental Factors). No – Risk Does Not Imply Certainty. Environmental Factors Also Contribute. Yes – If They Have The Genes That Place Them At Risk, …

Match the following: 8 pts Term Definition What does it tell us? Prevalence Morbidity The number of people with the disease and a loss of function Incidence Death rate from the disease The presence of another disease in the same patient or group of patients The number of people with the disease and a second disease – they may or may not be related and may be adding complications to one another Co-morbidity Mortality Number of newly diagnosed cases Proportion of the population affected by the disease Is this a new disease? are the number of affected people fluctuating or increasing/decreasing? The magnitude of the problem of the disease in a population Are people frequently killed by this disease? Or is it more common to suffer from loss of function? Newly diagnosed + Previously diagnosed cases