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Jan 21, 2019 24 tweets 7 min read
Re: the recent report on racial differences in AD biomarkers in CSF (bit.ly/2T7hZoC) & the superb commentary by @beyoung40 (bit.ly/2FPYkG4). This thread details another issue in this study: analytical decisions in #healthdisparities research ...
@melodem_group 1/19 @ManlyEpic posted a terrific comment in @alzforum abt the study 👆, highlighting, w/ data, its vulnerability to selection bias & its unsettlingly small number of African American participants (which is a fast, though not a guaranteed way to end up w selection bias).