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The latest temperature data was measured from patients visiting hospital. Older people are naturally more prone to health problems and would therefore be visit
by hopia 7y ago
The latest temperature data was measured from patients visiting hospital. Older people are naturally more prone to health problems and would therefore be visiting hospital more than younger people, on average.
Our average lifespan is longer than it used to be. I'd assume older people have a lower base temperature. This would skew the results statistically.
- RhodesianHunter 7y agoI would assume that a well constructed study would account for this.
- hopia 7y agoYes, I have to admit I haven't read the actual study so this was purely speculation.
- cosmotic 7y agoIn my experience, studies are typically not well constructed. See the numerous studies that cannot be replicated, the below-the-surface iceberg of unpublished (unfavorable) studies paid for by for-profit institutions, or the shockingly small sample set or biased sample set in most studies. Most studies expose this information implicitly but it's up to the reader to determine the bias or replicate the study.
- hwillis 7y agoThe study compared people born after 1990, so if there were any old people in that cohort this study would be much bigger news.
- hwillis 7y agoThe study compared people born after 1990, so if there were any old people in that cohort this study would be much bigger news.