For reference, the confidence interval of this single odds ratio from a logistic model with dozens of covariates was 1.01-2.23 And the piece de resistance...pic.twitter.com/R0yAkTGKa5
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For reference, the confidence interval of this single odds ratio from a logistic model with dozens of covariates was 1.01-2.23 And the piece de resistance...pic.twitter.com/R0yAkTGKa5
Can't blame journalists here. This isn't news. And yet, this from the press release Nowhere does it mention that a) most exposures were found to be fine or b) these relationships were not statistically significant anywaypic.twitter.com/ObLqvohQdy
Based on the results of the study itself, the press release should read "no relationship between exposure to industrial pollutants and autism found" but that's much less grabbing I guess ping @natalier78
Other possible headlines that this study would support: "most industrial chemicals totally unrelated to autism" "fathers' relief: study finds no relationship between men's chemical exposure and their children's mental health"
Podcast out on this now, have a listen:https://soundcloud.com/senscipod/episode-11-solvents-and-autism …
Also news flash: autism isn’t the end of the world. Yes it is a spectrum, but many autistic people have full, happy lives. Many non autistic people do not have full happy lives. It’s so sensationalised since the MMR debacle.
Antivaxxers do more harm to the perception of autism than just about any group. They hold it up as a horror and the children as damaged.
This is bad science.
Disagree. The science is mostly ok, the conclusions are a bit off if anything. It's the communication that's failed
What if these environmental hazards act together rather than separately? That seems plausible and would make it difficult to identify any one particular substance that is "the cause".
It's possible, you'd have to use a different statistical model to test. That being said, the proportions in this study make it very unlikely that you'd find any results there either, although this isn't the only study on the topic
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