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Just a reminder that "70% higher risk" is a relative value describing the _fractional_ increase in risk. In absolute terms, the probability of developing Parkin
by roland_nilsson 3y ago
Just a reminder that "70% higher risk" is a relative value describing the _fractional_ increase in risk. In absolute terms, the probability of developing Parkinson's (prevalence) was 0.33% in group exposed to TCE and 0.21% in the non-exposed group. So you might also say TCE increases the risk of Parkinson by 0.12 percentage points.
- russellbeattie 3y agoWhenever I see articles like this, I think of Piled Higher and Deeper's "Science News Cycle" cartoon. https://phdcomics.com/comics/archive_print.php?comicid=1174 https://phdcomics.com/comics/archive_print.php?comicid=1174