Animal protein intake is inversely associated with mortality in older adults

Re:Animal protein intake is inversely associated with mortal... by iammjm on Thursday December 16, 2021 @06:49PM (#29585667)

'inversely associated' means people who ate more of it lived longer or the opposite? I'm hella confused

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Re:Animal protein intake is inversely associated with mortal... by tick_tock_tick on Thursday December 16, 2021 @06:51PM (#29585687)

Double negatives are hard to read but yeah more meat less chance of death.

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Re:Animal protein intake is inversely associated with mortal... by edoceo on Thursday December 16, 2021 @07:35PM (#29586096)

Isn't there like a 100% chance of death?

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Re:Animal protein intake is inversely associated with mortal... by robobenjie on Thursday December 16, 2021 @07:41PM (#29586143)

I mean only 93% of humans have died so who knows for certain....

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Re:Animal protein intake is inversely associated with mortal... by pvaldes on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:05PM (#29600361)

> Isn't there like a 100% chance of death?

Not, just 99.99999%.

Clonal cell lines are basically immortal.

(And the chance of death at a given age is not 100% necessarily)

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Re:Animal protein intake is inversely associated with mortal... by x0rx0r on Thursday December 16, 2021 @06:57PM (#29585732)

woohoooo more steak and burgers for me!

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Re:Animal protein intake is inversely associated with mortal... by generalizations on Thursday December 16, 2021 @06:57PM (#29585731)

"inverse association" is a standard way of saying that when X goes up or down, Y does the opposite.

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Re:Animal protein intake is inversely associated with mortal... by lotsofpulp on Thursday December 16, 2021 @07:40PM (#29586133)

I have never seen mortality used to mean lifespan.

I assume it is a clickbait title technique intentionally misusing words to pique interest.

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Re:Animal protein intake is inversely associated with mortal... by btmorex on Thursday December 16, 2021 @07:49PM (#29586229)

It's not being used to mean lifespan. It's being used to mean death.

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Re:Animal protein intake is inversely associated with mortal... by rp1 on Thursday December 16, 2021 @07:50PM (#29586231)

Mortality is often used when talking about the likelihood of dying.

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