Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by boomboomsubban 1861 days ago
>Also not clear is the selection criteria.

It's using the data from the UK Biobank study, see

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Biobank

Also, part of their conclusion is "as with any observational study, we can not infer causality from associations." They are aware of what their study shows, it's the Guardian who oversells it.