Mancia et al. (2020) conducted a case-control study in the Lombardy...

Mancia et al. (2020) conducted a case-control study in the Lombardy region of Italy to examine the association between the use of angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and the odds of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). There were 1,502 COVID-19 cases among the 8,071 patients who used ACE inhibitors. There were 4,770 COVID-19 cases among the 28,960 patients who did not use ACE inhibitors. Using a 0.05 significance level, you need to test the claim that the proportion of COVID-19 patients among those who used ACE inhibitors (group 1) is higher than the proportion of COVID-19 patients among those who did not use ACE inhibitors (group 2).

What is the value of the test statistic you should use to test the given hypothesis? (2 points)

Select one:

a. 0.21

b. 0.29

c. 1.65

d. 2.13

e. 4.53