Table 2 Testing for sufficient-cause interaction in a case–control study on essential hypertension.

From: Testing for Sufficient-Cause Interactions in Case-Control Studies of Non-Rare Diseases

Genotype

Noise Exposure

Essential Hypertension

\({\bf{log}}\,\widehat{{\bf{Peril}}}\)

Case

Control

AC+CC

\(\ge \)85 dB

20

18

0.559

AC+CC

\( < \)85 dB

13

24

0.311

AA

\(\ge \)85 dB

161

261

0.348

AA

\( < \)85 dB

117

319

0.221

  1. \(\mathrm{log}\,\widehat{{\rm{PRISM}}}(95 \% {\rm{CI}})=0.121(\,-\,0.214,0.456)\).