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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
When I hear the news quoting a new correlation study saying seven eggs a week increases my risk of heart disease by 40%, but six eggs wasn’t statistically significant, I question the validity of the claim, regardless of the strength of the correlation and the degree to which they account for confounding variables like eating eggs with bacon or seven eggs also correlating to larger meals or excess fat....
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Claims like the eggs should not use percentages because it has no context. Let's say 7 eggs did increase your chance of heart disease but your chance of heart disease is 1 in 100 persons, then you now have a chance of 1.4 in 100 persons of having heart disease. Not sure that is something worth worrying about.
Basically to know the whole story you need to know 40% more than what?