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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by kelnage on Sunday February 25, 2018 @05:28AM (#16458235)
I can’t find any evidence of whether they controlled for obesity (which is certainly believed to be a factor is several of the diseases that a correlation was found for). But other than that, I’d say that it is a very interesting study.
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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by TangoTrotFox on Sunday February 25, 2018 @03:21PM (#16460962)
Low adolescent IQ is a strong predictor for obesity later in life. [1] So I'm not sure how or why you'd want to control for obesity. You could be looking at a comorbid effect. Low IQ -> obesity -> early death.

[1] - http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/124/Suppl_21/A12601.shor...

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by danieltillett on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:38AM (#16458439)
They can't as they were looking at death records.
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