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Title: "Cake causes herpes?" - promiscuous dichotomisation induces false positives.
Authors: Grimes DR; TCD Biostatistics Unit, Discipline of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. davidrobert.grimes@tcd.ie.; Retraction Watch, The Center For Scientific Integrity, New York, USA. davidrobert.grimes@tcd.ie., Heathers J; Linnaeus University, Dept of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Växjö, Sweden.; Medical Evidence Project, The Center For Scientific Integrity, New York, USA.
Source: BMC medical research methodology [BMC Med Res Methodol] 2025 Nov 13; Vol. 25 (1), pp. 255. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Nov 13.
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