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> sero-positivity was associated with an 11% increased odds of CRC (OR, 1.11; 95% CI, 1.01–1.22), and this association was particularly strong among African Americans (OR, 1.45; 95% CI, 1.08–1.95)

These confidence intervals don't exactly instill confidence... Oh and we cherry picked this subpopulation where the effect is all over the place with a bigger mean.



You're getting downvotes, but that subpop figure is exactly the kind of thing that gets headlines and is disproven the moment someone tries to reproduce it. Why publish it?




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