@LesterSonne Those relationships are causal. If you examined the association between smoking and lung cancer, the OR is 40.4 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 21.8-79.6]. It’s not one nor does the confidence interval contain 1, despite multiple causes. /1
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@dylanarmbruste3 @MohammedAlo https://t.co/WAcvjemMoB "The odds ratio (OR) for lung cancer in current United States smokers relative to nonsmokers was 40.4 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 21.8-79.6]" - apologies, it was 4000%. My bad.
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RT @Mangan150: American cigarette smokers have 10x greater risk of lung cancer than Japanese smokers. Maybe a lot of factors involved, but…
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RT @Mangan150: American cigarette smokers have 10x greater risk of lung cancer than Japanese smokers. Maybe a lot of factors involved, but…