Barely Significant

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We evaluated abstracts from 15 urology journals published within the years 2000-2021 and provided a quantitative measure of a common statistical mistake-misconstruing the function of null hypothesis testing by reporting “a trend toward significance.” Materials and methods We performed an audit of 15 urology journals, looking at articles published from January 1, 2000, to January 1, 2022.
analyzed the two previously studied cohort of nurses who did night shift from Nurses’ Health Study I and II and found that women with 20 years or more of cumulative rotating night-shift work exposure had a marginally significant higher risk of breast cancer with a hazard ratio of 1.40 and strongest associations were seen in women who did night-shift work as young adults.