Re: Confounders and Coincidences

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

Could it be that the negative correlation between

consumption fo fired foods and cancer was due to the

positive correlation between the consumption of fried

foods and heart disease?



--- Jerry Cohen <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET> wrote:

> Otto,

>     As I recall, there was a British study several

> years ago that included a

> multiple regression analysis on cancer etiology. One

> surprising result was

> that  there appeared to be a strong negative

> correlation between cancer

> incidence and the consumption of fried foods. Of

> course, this result was

> considered absurd and dismissed as anomalous. It was

>  assumed that

> confounding factors were the cause of this apparent

> relationship, although

> no serious effort was made to identify those

> factors. Apparently KFC

> took no position on the matter.

. . .





=====

-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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