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The abstract didn't mention which hemisphere the study was run I'm assuming the northern hemisphere. It would be interesting to see a similar study for the sou
by dghughes 11y ago
The abstract didn't mention which hemisphere the study was run I'm assuming the northern hemisphere.
It would be interesting to see a similar study for the southern hemisphere.
- lazyant 11y agoLooks like just one location (NYC)
- vlasev 11y agoFrom study[1]: "Our dataset includes 1 749 400 individuals with records at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center born between 1900 and 2000 inclusive." They also compare some of their data to data from Denmark. So it's all Northern hemisphere, mid-latitudes. [1] http://jamia.oxfordjournals.org/content/jaminfo/early/2015/06/01/jamia.ocv046.full.pdf http://jamia.oxfordjournals.org/content/jaminfo/early/2015/0...