Could education be dangerous to your health? Pitfalls of misapplied statistics

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Abstract

It is important to evaluate cardiovascular risk factors. A correlation between cholesterol levels and the duration of formal education has not been observed previously. In analyzing our data, it was found that these two variables had a significant correlation (p < 0.05). Further evaluation did not substantiate this correlation. After considering various possible reasons we concluded that the seeming correlation was caused by inappropriate statistical evaluation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)425-427
Number of pages3
JournalMount Sinai Journal of Medicine
Volume63
Issue number5-6
StatePublished - Oct 1996

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