tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post5976179108385726663..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: An age-old surprise....or notAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-21002918412488606992015-08-13T09:08:21.882-04:002015-08-13T09:08:21.882-04:00There were three areas I expected to see covered t...There were three areas I expected to see covered that weren’t addressed in this study:<br /><br />- Where were the links back to all of the relevant measurements and predictions made when these subjects were ages 3, 5, 7..? Other studies of these same subjects made such links, but only cognitive testing was linked back in this study. Were the researchers really trying to pretend here in 2015 that these dramatic later-life physical measurements were not effects of earlier-life causes?<br />- Where were the psychological measurements? Are we to believe that the subjects’ states of mind had no relationships to their biomarkers?<br />- I didn’t see any effort to use newer measures such as the degree of epigenetic DNA methylation. I’d expect that these subjects’ historical tissue samples were available. The reviewer certainly was familiar with newer biomarkers.<br /><br />http://surfaceyourrealself.com/2015/07/09/a-study-of-biological-aging-in-young-adults-with-limited-findings-surfaceyourrealself/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com