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[deleted] t1_j0ppi48 wrote

Hurray! Finally some good news!

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Surgical_Precisizmn t1_j0q0o42 wrote

...the way I make coffee definitely does NOT lower my risk of diabetes.

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Taxoro t1_j0qiutx wrote

How common is this for there to be actual statistical significance to it?

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romym15 t1_j0qk51d wrote

That coffee drink with 20 tbspns of sugar and a gallon of syrup don't count. You know who you are.

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Taxoro t1_j0rycc2 wrote

4500 people for a medical survey is very very little.

How are they gonna isolate all the other factors that could play a role other than the coffee? Coffee drinkers may be more employed, could eat healthier etc. etc.

To me it's not that clear that it's actually the coffee making a difference.

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jawshoeaw t1_j0tk041 wrote

Woohoo I’m saved !! Wait , does this not apply to dudes ?

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cbbelgium t1_j0trbbm wrote

TLDR: If drinking coffee prevents you from drinking sugary drinks, it will lower your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

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EffieFlo t1_j0txwv3 wrote

"Professor Zhang concluded: “The overall findings suggest that caffeinated coffee, when consumed properly (two to five cups per day, without sugar and whole-fat/high-fat dairy), could be incorporated into a relatively healthy lifestyle for certain people."

He doesn't understand how I like my coffee then....

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Otherwise-Way-1176 t1_j0vqd2z wrote

That’s not what statistical significance means at all.

Something can be statistically significant and just be a correlation.

4500 people is plenty to establish statistical significance. They could’ve had far fewer people and still established statistical significance.

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