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As much I read about this particular study, in the group of the more spicy eaters, there where plenty of rural people and in the other group more urban people.

As much I read about this particular study, in the group of the more spicy eaters, there where plenty of rural people and in the other group more urban people. So, this sounds to me, that there are different factors inside the study which are interconnected and the "evidence" could also be linked to some different factors, for example more healthy lifestyle of rural people (particular in China: I assume healthier air). In the article, I read, they even suspected, that more tea consume of the spicy group could also cause the positive effect. So, every study should be taken with a grain of salt, particularly when the exact circumstances are not told.

ekianjo 11y ago
> So, every study should be taken with a grain of salt, particularly when the exact circumstances are not told. For once this article makes it very clear there is no clear rationale for correlation at this point. It's certainly not your usual clickbait article.
- PythonicAlpha 11y ago
  > After controlling for family medical history, age, education, diabetes, smoking and many other variables Did not convince me. And as I stated, I read a different (German) source, where definitively other possible correlations where named -- when one group contains clearly more rural people as the other, the whole statement that "no clear rationale" can be found, is questionable in my opinion, even when it is not political correct in some countries, that urban people are living less healthy lives. This has nothing to do with click-bait or not. It is just very questionable to me, that the study is methodical clean.
  - ekianjo 11y ago
    > that urban people are living less healthy lives Actually people in urban centers live clearly longer than in the country side. So I'm not sure what you are talking about.
    - PythonicAlpha 11y ago
      In my country, it is quite different. And I will not speculate further about a country, I don't know. I just wanted to say, that even when the authors of the study do not know the other variables and interconnections, there might be some.
userbinator 11y ago
more healthy lifestyle of rural people This could be related to the more exercise they get...

ekianjo 11y ago

> So, every study should be taken with a grain of salt, particularly when the exact circumstances are not told. For once this article makes it very clear there is no clear rationale for correlation at this point. It's certainly not your usual clickbait article.

PythonicAlpha 11y ago
> After controlling for family medical history, age, education, diabetes, smoking and many other variables Did not convince me. And as I stated, I read a different (German) source, where definitively other possible correlations where named -- when one group contains clearly more rural people as the other, the whole statement that "no clear rationale" can be found, is questionable in my opinion, even when it is not political correct in some countries, that urban people are living less healthy lives. This has nothing to do with click-bait or not. It is just very questionable to me, that the study is methodical clean.
- ekianjo 11y ago
  > that urban people are living less healthy lives Actually people in urban centers live clearly longer than in the country side. So I'm not sure what you are talking about.
  - PythonicAlpha 11y ago
    In my country, it is quite different. And I will not speculate further about a country, I don't know. I just wanted to say, that even when the authors of the study do not know the other variables and interconnections, there might be some.

userbinator 11y ago

more healthy lifestyle of rural people This could be related to the more exercise they get...