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This is a meta analysis of observational studies. There's random controlled trial which showed all cause mortality was 14% higher for "healthy older adults who
by Leary 3y ago
This is a meta analysis of observational studies.
There's random controlled trial which showed all cause mortality was 14% higher for "healthy older adults who received daily aspirin than among those who received placebo"
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1803955 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1803955
- noodlenotes 3y agoThe meta analysis is studying asprin as a cancer treatment, so the subjects were patients who already had cancer, not healthy adults taking it as a preventative. Daily asprin could both be bad for healthy adults and good for cancer patients.