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I was about to believe the results as they caution that it's only showing the benefits for northern countries like UK and they control for exercise, but then I
by sega_sai 3y ago
I was about to believe the results as they caution that it's only showing the benefits for northern countries like UK and they control for exercise, but then I saw in the paper that they characterize 'sun-seeking behaviour' variable through 'how many times a year would you use a solarium or sunlamp?'. I think people who use solariums is a very special category of people, and I am not sure one can extrapolate from that group to people who enjoy the Sun.
- 0xcde4c3db 3y agoI agree. Despite the "more active" category being anyone who answered that they would use a solarium even once per year, they're still only 6% of the study population if I did the math right (see Table 1 on page 10). It also seems noteworthy that the study cited for that correlation was primarily investigating the factors driving use of tanning beds, not sun exposure.
- cpncrunch 3y agoThey asked about solarium use, outdoor sun in winter, and summer and various other questions. All showed lower hazard ratio. See table 2 in the 2014Lindquist study.