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Brain bleeding is very rare. That 38% number is a *relative risk ratio*. I'm always wary of studies that use such ratios to make an effect seem large. The fo
by alejohausner 3y ago
Brain bleeding is very rare. That 38% number is a *relative risk ratio*. I'm always wary of studies that use such ratios to make an effect seem large. The following excerpts from the article you cited state:
For the study, the researchers analyzed data from 19,114 adults with an average age of 74 years old.
Altogether, 1.1% of those taking aspirin (108 individuals) experienced intracranial bleeding, while the same was true for 0.8% of those taking a placebo (79 individuals).
- dvfjsdhgfv 3y agoIt always amazes me how you can take numbers and twist them they way they fit you and be technically correct. I bet many (if not most) people will only remember the headline.
- nathancahill 3y agoCheck out the famous book "How to Lie with Statistics"
- pcdoodle 3y agoThis is the book that was next to Bill Gates during his television interviews a few years back when we considered him a health professional.