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		ben-schaaf on Feb 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Heart-disease risk soars after Covid, even with a ... The biggest standout difference I see is that the largest study in that article is for 3,000 covid cases, whereas this one is on 153,000.

AlishaOwen on Feb 11, 2022 [–]

Those 3,000 cases were actively monitored for cardiac issues, while the VA study is purely passive and observational (which the article itself raises as a caveat). It's not just a matter of comparing raw sample sizes.

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