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Re:Almost half of cancer deaths are caused by smoking, alcoh... by TaupeRanger on Sunday September 04, 2022 @01:41PM (#32715574)
But those weren't problems at all with many such studies. For example, this one showed light drinking reduces risk of leukemia by 10%: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24986108/#:~:text=Compared%2....
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Re:Almost half of cancer deaths are caused by smoking, alcoh... by lupire on Sunday September 04, 2022 @03:22PM (#32716718)
Come on

> the relative risks (RRs) for all leukemia were

> 0.94 0.85-1.03 "any"

> 0.90 0.80-1.01 "light"

> 0.91 0.81-1.02 "moderate to heavy"

There is no signal there.

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