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Re:A comparison of population cancer risks between alcohol a... by antirez on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:00AM (#19529190)
AFAIK it means that if the average person had 10% probably to die because of cancer, by drinking the probability will be 10.1 (1 percent more).
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Re:A comparison of population cancer risks between alcohol a... by antirez on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:40AM (#19529327)
Btw that would be a relative increase. They actually say absolute...
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