On March 12, 1981, the New York Times reported on a Harvard study that linked coffee consumption and pancreatic cancer. Article author Harold Schmeck Jr. noted that “[t]he report estimated that more than half of the pancreatic cancer cases that occurred in the United States might be attributable to coffee drinking ….” To complete the assignment, begin by reading Schmeck’s article: http://www. nytimes.com/1981/03/12/us/study-links-coffee-use-to-pancreas-cancer.html. If this link does not work, search for the article under its title “Study Links Coffee Use to Pancreas Cancer,” or by its author. Find the article, read it, and answer the following.

What two groups were being compared in this experiment?



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369 pancreatic cancer patients at 11 hospitals in the Boston metropolitan area were compared to 369 patients similar in age and sex who were hospitalized for reasons unrelated to the pancreas.

644 pancreatic cancer patients at 11 hospitals in the Boston metropolitan area were compared to 644 patients similar in age and sex who were hospitalized for reasons unrelated to the pancreas.

369 pancreatic cancer patients at 11 hospitals in the Boston metropolitan area were compared to 644 patients similar in age and sex who were hospitalized for reasons unrelated to the pancreas.

644 pancreatic cancer patients at 11 hospitals in the Boston metropolitan area were compared to 369 patients similar in age and sex who were hospitalized for reasons unrelated to the pancreas.