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Re:Objective metrics that change the most as we age by phasefactor on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @02:09PM (#48298144)
The training kicks in and my knee-jerk reaction to not one of the graphs starting at zero is to discount the trustworthiness of the entire article, whether that is well deserved or not...
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Re:Objective metrics that change the most as we age by brandonb on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @02:32PM (#48298468)
For most of these metrics, zero is not a logically possible data point. For example, somebody with an HbA1c of 0 would be dead.
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Re:Objective metrics that change the most as we age by dylan604 on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @04:14PM (#48299941)
Well, that is a metric that we all achieve as we age
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