The 2012 Arch Intern Med red meat-mortality study: The “protective” effect of smoking

var citeN=0;In a previous post (citeN=citeN+1;document.write(Number(citeN))) I used WarpPLS (citeN=citeN+1;document.write(Number(citeN))) to analyze the model below, using data reported in a recent study looking at the relationship between red meat consumption and mortality. The model below shows the different paths through which smoking influences mortality, highlighted in red. The study was not

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Latitude and cancer rates in US states: Aaron Blaisdell’s intuition confirmed

var citeN=0; In the comments section of my previous post on cancer rates in the US states (citeN=citeN+1;document.write(Number(citeN))) my friend Aaron Blaisdell noted that: …comparing states that are roughly comparable in terms of number of seniors per 1000 individuals, latitude appears to have the largest effect on rates of cancer. Good point, so I collected data on the latitudes of US states

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