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Comment on Egg Intake and the Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease in Adventist Health Study-2parent

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The questionnaire included 200 food items. Within the study, 9 food categories are listed. No adjustment for multiple hypothesis testing is reported in the methods section.

We have to take it on faith that they did in fact specifically set out to determine if egg consumption was associated with Alzheimer's disease...

A quick search shows that other studies both do [0] and do not [1] link egg consumption with Alzheimer's disease.

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38782209/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31360988/

[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28052883/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33561122/

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