Posted by SLS on December 27, 2008, at 7:37:22
In reply to Re: Depression and Gum Disease, posted by linkadge on December 26, 2008, at 20:49:08
> My teeth are fine. I usually take studies like that with a grain of salt. They are just correlational studies, there is likely a whole host of intermediate factors.
I agree. It has become fashionable to look for statistical associations rather than elucidate possible mechanisms explaining cause and effect.
- Scott
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