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===2024: Comments RE: [https://pubpeer.com/publications/CD0E2CD6E82EB2F69173F5A1193331#1 Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction]=== | ===2024: Comments RE: [https://pubpeer.com/publications/CD0E2CD6E82EB2F69173F5A1193331#1 Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction]=== | ||
*"The research question posed is an important one, since the number of people who have never smoked and who report using e-cigarettes appears to have increased in recent years. However, we are concerned that the methods used in the Alzahrani study [1] make the reported findings highly suspect and the conclusion reached unlikely. This includes: 1) temporality concerns; 2) measurement, diagnosis, and biological plausibility concerns; 3) sample size concerns; 4) model design concerns; and 5) uncareful language." (Foxon, Polosa, Niaura, Cummings, Siegel, Benowitz) | *"The research question posed is an important one, since the number of people who have never smoked and who report using e-cigarettes appears to have increased in recent years. However, we are concerned that the methods used in the Alzahrani study [1] make the reported findings highly suspect and the conclusion reached unlikely. This includes: 1) temporality concerns; 2) measurement, diagnosis, and biological plausibility concerns; 3) sample size concerns; 4) model design concerns; and 5) uncareful language." (Foxon, Polosa, Niaura, Cummings, Siegel, Benowitz) | ||
*[https://twitter.com/FloeFoxon/status/1748004148987965469 Tweetorial] | **[https://twitter.com/FloeFoxon/status/1748004148987965469 Tweetorial] | ||
*See also: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11055619/ Questionable Effects of Electronic Cigarette Use on Cardiovascular Diseases From the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS, 2014-2021)] | |||
**The study by Alzahrani made erroneous claims and overstated the association between e-cigarettes and myocardial infarction. Our replication shows that the association is driven by age and there were no statistically significant associations with other cardiovascular diseases, coronary heart diseases, and stroke. | |||
*Referring to: Alzahrani T (November 06, 2023) Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction. Cureus 15(11): e48402. [https://www.cureus.com/articles/196205-electronic-cigarette-use-and-myocardial-infarction doi:10.7759/cureus.48402] | *Referring to: Alzahrani T (November 06, 2023) Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction. Cureus 15(11): e48402. [https://www.cureus.com/articles/196205-electronic-cigarette-use-and-myocardial-infarction doi:10.7759/cureus.48402] | ||
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