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And to do that comparison, where will they find an East German Olympic athlete undoped?

• samatman 4y ago
  This was a more ethnically homogenous era for the German nations. West Germany is a reasonable control group.
  • account42 4y ago
    Is it? Genetics aren't the only thing that affects livespan.
    • samatman 4y ago
      This is correct, so it's a good thing there is an enormous amount of data about the lives of East and West Germans which can be used to control for those differences as well.
      • mpol 4y ago
        How do you control for differences in air pollution and water pollution, differences in food, differences in stress levels. There are too many unknowns in these calculations.
        • samatman 4y ago
          10 to 12 years is a large effect size.
• tgv 4y ago
  Since it's relative to their direct environment, the only major compensation required would be the amount of training, I think. For the rest, you can compare them to athletes (at similar age and career at the time of the doping) all over the world.