As a nurse practitioner, you are involved in designing a case control study to explore the relationship between breast cancer and exposure to certain...

9. In a cohort study of risk factors for oral cancer, the relative risk for the association of alcohol consumption with oral cancer is 2.87 with a 95% confidence interval of 1.66-4.02.This association between alcohol consumption and oral cancer suggests that:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A.                              

Alcohol consumption combined with smoking may cause oral cancer.

            B.              There is a statistically significant positive association of alcohol consumption with oral cancer.            C.                              

There is an inverse relationship between alcohol consumption and oral cancer.

            D.                              

There is a positive association of alcohol consumption with oral cancer but it is not statistically significant.