This immediately throws up some red flags, because it's unlikely that such a trial could demonstrate anything like the headline's claims
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So, to recap: 1. Decent controlling for confounders, but some issues 2. Likely residual confounding 3. Very large difference between absolute and relative risk Even without further analysis, this is enormously problematic
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If you add on some of the other issues - for example, the score that this study calculated to determine 'anti-inflammatory food intake' was a bit slim - the media noise becomes that much harder to believe
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As with so many other studies, this is an interesting piece of work that may have implications at the population level - although I'm skeptical - but definitely is not very applicable to everyday life Blog to come!
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P.S. worth mentioning that the 'quartiles' of intake were super weird: 0-5, 6, 7, 8-13 With such large bottom and top groups, I'd guess that the analysis was problematic although not my area of expertise
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But surely if I drink enough wine that number will look bigger? :
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