• mmmm
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    1 month ago

    I heard environmental factors also are a factor for heart diseases - namely, air pollution.

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      1 month ago

      Globally, people of South Asian descent represent 60% of heart disease patients, despite making up just 25% of the population

      Note the word globally.

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      1 month ago

      People of South Asian descent don’t all live in the same place with the same climate. So that’s not the reason.

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        1 month ago

        Statistically significant portion might be in just a handful of similar cities. There are big cities in sa.

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          My point is, the diaspora is spread enough that you can rule out climate and air quality by comparing cohorts within the same climate and same air quality. Most cities in Europe don’t have terrible air quality for example. Your suggestion that big Asian cities have more relevance in the result goes against how you actually do statistics.