As you said, it’s a cohort study. The cohorts are pretty different (gluco/condro users were more white, educated, non-smorkers, physically active than non-users, though pretty older in comparisons) and the adjustment could be skewed by the small number of users.
But, it’s mostly harmless and the effect size looks promising.
Personally I’d make a quick review of the literature to decide whether to commit to taking the supplement and set up an alert on Pubmed.
As an aside, though it addresses the actual question, I’m developping a model to do precisely what you ask: providing health guidance and dashboards tailored to the desire to know yourself, propensity to risk (or better risk aversion) and data you can generate. I’m focusing on the PoC and business side for now, so can’t discuss the specifics here.
As you said, it’s a cohort study. The cohorts are pretty different (gluco/condro users were more white, educated, non-smorkers, physically active than non-users, though pretty older in comparisons) and the adjustment could be skewed by the small number of users. But, it’s mostly harmless and the effect size looks promising. Personally I’d make a quick review of the literature to decide whether to commit to taking the supplement and set up an alert on Pubmed.
As an aside, though it addresses the actual question, I’m developping a model to do precisely what you ask: providing health guidance and dashboards tailored to the desire to know yourself, propensity to risk (or better risk aversion) and data you can generate. I’m focusing on the PoC and business side for now, so can’t discuss the specifics here.