10-year Prospective in Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics — Case | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | SMLE Q#12330
SMLE Question #12330
Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Objective: OBJ-367
Last updated: February 2026
A 10-year prospective cohort study enrolls 5,000 middle-aged adults without known cardiac disease and classifies them at baseline as high saturated fat intake (exposed) versus Mediterranean-style diet (unexposed). The investigator measures the incidence of ischemic heart disease in each group and calculates the relative risk (RR). What does the relative risk directly measure in this study?
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