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1/ The scientist in me is looking forward to this new, real world data emerging on #HealthConscious #Carnivores.
It will help provide data that helps confirm/disconfirm the long standing assumption that "healthy user bias" has been effectively adjusted for by researchers...
It will help provide data that helps confirm/disconfirm the long standing assumption that "healthy user bias" has been effectively adjusted for by researchers...
2/ If you're not familiar with "healthy user bias" (HUB), it's a known potential confounder where those who are doing what they feel is healthy in one regard (such as avoidance of red meat), can often have other likewise "healthy habits", such as more exercise, less smoking, etc
3/ This is a big problem with epidemiology given the overlap is quite common.
To mitigate this, there are efforts to adjust for these confounders such as through statistical techniques (ie sensitivity analyses)
To mitigate this, there are efforts to adjust for these confounders such as through statistical techniques (ie sensitivity analyses)
