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As a non-native English speaker, I find the conclusion sentence very confusing: "Among Chinese adults, a moderate level of egg consumption (up to <1 egg/day) wa

by Faaak 8y ago

As a non-native English speaker, I find the conclusion sentence very confusing: "Among Chinese adults, a moderate level of egg consumption (up to <1 egg/day) was significantly associated with lower risk of CVD, largely independent of other risk factors." Don that mean that it's best to eat a lot or less eggs ?

your-nanny 8y ago
Confusing to native speakers too. But I think the context is comparison with those who don't eat eggs at all.
Someone1234 8y ago
Their study showed more eggs MAY reduce some Cardiovascular disease. The language used is pretty typical for academic studies, but isn't that easy to read without familiarity. I would be interested to know, for the people not eating at least one egg a day, what were those meals instead? It could be a case of "an egg is healthier than [Unknown]" instead of "an egg makes you healthier."
mistersquid 8y ago
One paraphrase of the quote you provide is "Among Chinese adults, consuming less than 1 egg per day is associated with lower risk of CVD". An even simpler paraphrase is "eating less than 1 egg a day is associated with lower CVD". To answer your question directly, one can reasonably infer from the quote you provide that it is best to eat fewer eggs. EDIT: change quantifying adjective from "less" to "fewer"
- tgb 8y ago
  No that's exactly wrong. Consumption of eggs was positively correlated with better CVD outcomes but they only had data to conclude that this holds up to an amount less than 1 egg per day. People with .76 fared better than those with .29 per day.
  - mistersquid 8y ago
    Thank you for clarifying. Even this native English speaker was confused. In my partial defense, concluding something like "eating up to but less than one egg per day is inversely associated with CVD risk" is odd and somewhat defies common sense. My incorrect translation is a good reminder for me that scientific language doesn't always easily translate into conversational language. EDIT: remove repeated word
amrx101 8y ago
I second that. had me confused for a while. I think more than the English, its the way scientific and academic papers are written.

by Faaak 8y ago

your-nanny 8y ago

Confusing to native speakers too. But I think the context is comparison with those who don't eat eggs at all.

Someone1234 8y ago

Their study showed more eggs MAY reduce some Cardiovascular disease. The language used is pretty typical for academic studies, but isn't that easy to read without familiarity. I would be interested to know, for the people not eating at least one egg a day, what were those meals instead? It could be a case of "an egg is healthier than [Unknown]" instead of "an egg makes you healthier."

mistersquid 8y ago

One paraphrase of the quote you provide is "Among Chinese adults, consuming less than 1 egg per day is associated with lower risk of CVD". An even simpler paraphrase is "eating less than 1 egg a day is associated with lower CVD". To answer your question directly, one can reasonably infer from the quote you provide that it is best to eat fewer eggs. EDIT: change quantifying adjective from "less" to "fewer"

tgb 8y ago
No that's exactly wrong. Consumption of eggs was positively correlated with better CVD outcomes but they only had data to conclude that this holds up to an amount less than 1 egg per day. People with .76 fared better than those with .29 per day.
- mistersquid 8y ago
  Thank you for clarifying. Even this native English speaker was confused. In my partial defense, concluding something like "eating up to but less than one egg per day is inversely associated with CVD risk" is odd and somewhat defies common sense. My incorrect translation is a good reminder for me that scientific language doesn't always easily translate into conversational language. EDIT: remove repeated word

amrx101 8y ago

I second that. had me confused for a while. I think more than the English, its the way scientific and academic papers are written.