<story><title>Relation between alcohol consumption in midlife and dementia in late life</title><url>https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k3164</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>newswriter99</author><text>&amp;gt;Abstainers were mainly women, had lower education and physical activity, were obese, and had a higher prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors, all associated with an increased risk of dementia,11,12 which could explain the differences; however, adjustment for confounding factors did not alter the findings.&lt;p&gt;This is why interactive data visualization is so important. People need to be able to adjust the results of data to fit them, otherwise the margin of error and deviation from the &amp;quot;average&amp;quot; will be so great, findings are virtually useless to an individual.</text></comment>
<story><title>Relation between alcohol consumption in midlife and dementia in late life</title><url>https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k3164</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hyperpape</author><text>Can anyone tell if this study avoids the &amp;quot;sick quitter&amp;quot; problem? (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.vox.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;4&amp;#x2F;24&amp;#x2F;17242720&amp;#x2F;alcohol-health-risks-facts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.vox.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;4&amp;#x2F;24&amp;#x2F;17242720&amp;#x2F;alcohol-health-risks-...&lt;/a&gt;)</text></comment>