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Agreed, and the paper explicitly mentions the potential for selection bias

Posted on August 25, 2026 at 11:05:18 AM by Ypsi

"However, all these prevalence estimates may have been biased by differential selection related to brain donation, as families may have been more likely to donate the brain of an individual who had symptoms."

https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/394/bmj-2026-100418.full.pdf

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Um . . . this statistic is quite a bit more disturbing than its framing - By Paul August 25, 2026 at 10:10:28 AM
- Yes. The study found that somewhere between 19% and 99% of players had CTE - By ny1995 August 25, 2026 at 10:47:03 AM
  - Agreed, and the paper explicitly mentions the potential for selection bias - By Ypsi August 25, 2026 at 11:05:18 AM
    - I wouldn't expect them to speculate, but holy shit. Playing w/ the numbers, to hit various overall % levels....(m) - By LKLIII August 25, 2026 at 11:36:50 AM
      - Prevalence of CTE in the general population looks to be <1% - By Ypsi August 25, 2026 at 11:56:56 AM
- definitely massive selection bias, but also likely way more than 24% overall* - By DoctorD August 25, 2026 at 10:24:16 AM
- If CTE is bad among football players, imagine boxers.* - By MasterBates August 25, 2026 at 10:17:08 AM
- There are more cases because there’s more testing! - Trump* - By cp August 25, 2026 at 10:16:42 AM
  - Jesus, totally forgot that one.* - By crumbs August 25, 2026 at 10:24:13 AM

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