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To: Emmalein; neverdem
I agree. There were too many variables that weren't addressed or taken into account--at least by what was disclosed in the article.

I agree as well. This doesn't look like a controlled study with any experimental design or analysis of variance. I just don't believe any kind of article like this without any data to back it up. Also 32 is not a very big sample size.

40 posted on 01/19/2006 9:39:35 PM PST by phantomworker ("Don't accuse me of your imagination."... My mantra: "I trust my intuition and speak my truth.")
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To: phantomworker
Also 32 is not a very big sample size.

It's big enough to show fairly significant sex differences for a preliminary study, or I doubt politically correct Nature would have published it. Since the study was done at University College London, a country of socialized medicine and a hurting health system, I'd be surprised if they could afford a sample that was much larger. When I had a simple CT of the abdomen and pelvis, I was charged US$ 1070.

41 posted on 01/19/2006 10:01:31 PM PST by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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