Study authors cautioned against over-interpreting twin-pair analysis results due to the small number of twins with distinct dietary patterns. — Whalespan
Study authors cautioned against over-interpreting twin-pair analysis results due to the small number of twins with distinct dietary patterns.
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“(caveat: the study authors warned from over interpreting the results with the twin-pairs analysis due to the small number of twins with distinct dietary patterns, the plant-based group had particularly a smaller number, which might have affected the results)”