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Old 10-05-2011, 14:12   #25
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Re: "Sex and coffee" trigger stroke

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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
I would have thought they were more likely to cause burns.....

BBC

Top causes of brain aneurysms are apparently

Coffee 10.6%
Vigorous exercise 7.9%
Nose blowing 5.4%
Sex 4.3%
Straining to defecate 3.6%
Drinking cola 3.5%
Being startled 2.7%
Being angry 1.3%

that only = 39.3%

which leaves 60.7% of reasons to be listed.

Given that 1.3% is in the 10 would lead you expect that all the reasons would contribute less than 1.3 %

Which means that there has to be at least another 60+ potential causes of aneurysms.

Given that the research pool was only 250.

Leads me to deduce that this is poor science.

I would expect to see on the full list such causes as extending your little finger too swiftly or in other words we're not really sure so we guessed.

another load of old tripe.
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