http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/data-mining-for-drug-risks.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/data-mining-for-drug-risks.html#comment-77047 Anonymous Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:31:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/data-mining-for-drug-risks.html#comment-77047 OK- I didn't read the whole article because it requires a subscription, but from what we can see, it looks like less than 25% of the people with ALS were on statins. Given that ALS typically occurs in the over-60 demographic, wouldn't it be expected that about 25% (or more!) of those patients would be on statins? It's the old correlation/causation trouble. OK- I didn’t read the whole article because it requires a subscription, but from what we can see, it looks like less than 25% of the people with ALS were on statins. Given that ALS typically occurs in the over-60 demographic, wouldn’t it be expected that about 25% (or more!) of those patients would be on statins? It’s the old correlation/causation trouble.

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