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H-7 - Inverse egg-CVD association in China Kadoorie reflects healthy-user confounding not causation

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hypothesis
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H-7
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active
question
Does the observed inverse egg-CVD association reflect a causal effect or confounding?
statement
The inverse egg-CVD association in this cohort is produced by residual and healthy-user confounding (daily egg consumers having higher socioeconomic status and healthier lifestyles) rather than a causal protective effect of eggs.
cluster
HC-2 - Regional-population modification of the egg-cardiovascular association
source
S-80 - China Kadoorie Biobank egg consumption and CVD (Qin 2018 Heart)
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Discussion, Limitations

The authors flag residual confounding, a single non-validated baseline dietary measure, and the observational design as limitations that could generate the association without causation.

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