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wasoxygen  ·  248 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 8-hour time-restricted eating linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death

Larger sample size would merely increase confidence in the misleading association.

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b_b  ·  248 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My supposition is that there isn't a true association, and that a larger sample size would get closer to the true mean. I think this is less a case like you're describing and more a case of distorted findings based on a few outliers driving the average.

wasoxygen  ·  247 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Very possible, and hard to conclude anything based on unreliable self-reported data, apparently not even asking if the person is using a time restricted diet, but just guessing based on two days of reported eating habits.