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Unfortunately, that link between vagotomy and reduced risk of PD hasn't been supported by subsequent studies. In fact, it wasn't really even supported by the in
by teuobk 2y ago
Unfortunately, that link between vagotomy and reduced risk of PD hasn't been supported by subsequent studies. In fact, it wasn't really even supported by the initial study[1]: although the point estimates of the hazard ratios were below 1.0, the confidence intervals did not exclude 1.0 -- or stated differently, at p<0.05, the null hypothesis cannot be rejected.
[1] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ana.24448 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ana.24448
- nis0s 2y agoCool, interesting! Though I wouldn’t be surprised if there are such links, even if this one is not supported by further research. We know that gingivitis can lead to heart disease, so I wouldn’t be surprised to find that gut microbial imbalance could have other implications.