I blogged before about the study by David Spence and colleagues, published online in July 2012 in the journal Atherosclerosis ( ). This stud...
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Showing posts with label heart disease. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heart disease. Show all posts
Does tallness cause heart disease? No, but sex does
Popular beliefs about medical issues are sometimes motivated by a statistical phenomenon known as “spurious relationship”, among other names...
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Long distance running causes heart disease, unless it doesn’t
cardiovascular disease,
endurance exercise,
endurance running,
heart disease,
J curve,
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U curve
Regardless of type of exercise, disease markers are generally associated with intensity of exertion over time. This association follows a J-...
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Heavy physical activity may significantly reduce heart disease deaths, especially after age 45
The idea that heavy physical activity is a main trigger of heart attacks is widespread. Often endurance running and cardio-type activities...
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Income, obesity, and heart disease in US states
The figure below combines data on median income by state (bottom-left and top-right), as well as a plot of heart disease death rates against...
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What is “relative risk” (RR)? The case of alcohol frequency and its impact on mortality from stroke
This post is in response to an inquiry by Ivor (sorry for the delayed response). It refers to a recent study by Rantakömi and colleagues o...
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Fasting blood glucose of 83 mg/dl and heart disease: Fact and fiction
If you are interested in the connection between blood glucose control and heart disease, you have probably done your homework. This is a sca...
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Heavy physical activity may significantly reduce heart disease deaths, especially after age 45
This post has been revised and re-published . The original comments are preserved below.
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