Posted by Larry Hoover on March 6, 2006, at 11:01:59
In reply to Re: NASA's , SSRI, SNRI, etc.}} SLS » sdb, posted by SLS on March 5, 2006, at 19:21:41
> > Bad mood means an eventually higher risk for cardiovascular disease
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> Depression and cardiovascular disease are statistically associated. However, this by itself does not elucidate cause and effect. The article cited misses this important consideration.....> The bottom line is that there is no basis for concluding cause and effect, only a demonstration of a statistical association.
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> - ScottAs the studied population already demonstrates that correlation, it would be necessary to show that there was a change in rate to conclude that SSRIs have an influence on that rate. We don't have data for that, but for brief periods where treated and untreated depressed are observed. Is extrapolation reasonable? No, not in my mind. It simply forces us to look more closely at the management of risk factors, now including one more variable. One which may or may not matter very much, when compared to the degree of influence conferred by other known variables.
Lar
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