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Statistics and risk - what’s my heart age?
May 6, 2019
Professor David Spiegelhalter from Cambridge University discusses effective risk communication, challenges with p-values, and evaluating medical AI. They explore heart age, patient empowerment in health communication, and the impact of scientific reporting on misinformation. The podcast advocates for rethinking statistical significance and emphasizing evidence quality in medical research.
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- Heart age helps convey cardiovascular risk effectively by comparing individual risk to healthy average.
- Rethinking use of p-values in medical research, advocating for nuanced interpretation beyond significance criteria.
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Communication of Risk and Heart Age Concept
The podcast delves into the importance of effectively communicating medical risk to the public. Professor David Spiegelhalter discusses the concept of heart age as a tool to convey cardiovascular risk to individuals. Heart age aims to illustrate a person's risk level compared to an average healthy individual, potentially motivating behavior changes. Despite its popularity, the heart age calculator has faced criticism for not incorporating fitness data, highlighting the need for comprehensive risk communication tools.
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