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See also: “sick non-exerciser”. There’s never enough discussion of correlation vs causation in these types of studies.

• stakhanov 8y ago
  Also makes you wonder if some of those wine/none-wine-alcohol effects are really female/male effects.
  • jdietrich 8y ago
    There are also class and ethnic biases - wine drinkers are disproportionately college-educated and caucasian.
    • stakhanov 8y ago
      ...reading the fulltext now. They were selected from among middle-aged civil servants in London in the late 80s/early 90s so the sample is way more homogeneous than the total population, certainly if the U.S. is what you're thinking of.
      • safanycom 8y ago
        In London... Polluted London, Leaded car fuel London
    • DKnoll 8y ago
      Is that anecdotal or are you citing something? Boxed wine is a favourite of derelict alcoholics because it's so cheap.