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"The research, which used data from a 160,000-strong cohort of Chinese adults, many of whom are unable to drink alcohol due to genetic intolerance" That seems
by partiallypro 8y ago
"The research, which used data from a 160,000-strong cohort of Chinese adults, many of whom are unable to drink alcohol due to genetic intolerance"
That seems like a pretty big flaw in the study, no?
- achamayou 8y agoDepends, it might also be a feature if you suspect people under-report their drinking. Your non-drinking group may in fact be drinking just as much as your moderate drinking group.
- tlamponi 8y agoIf you had read all: > This [..] study [..] focused on people of East Asian descent, many of whom have genetic variants that limit alcohol tolerance. > Because the variants have specific and large effects on alcohol, but do not effect other lifestyle factors such as diet, smoking, economic status or education, they can be used by scientists to nail down causal effects of alcohol intake and > The research team - including scientists from Oxford and Peking universities and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, said it would be impossible to do a study of this kind in Western populations, since almost no-one there has the relevant alcohol-intolerance gene variants. it's the base pillar of their study..
- wodenokoto 8y agoSo the alcohol intolerant are the control group?
- noego 8y agoNo, that's a strong point of the study. The later section of the article explains why.