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myopicsurgeon•

It's not uncommon for researchers to use unequal test subject pools. The point of this study was to find out whether oxalates affect autism symptoms or not and obviously 16 test subjects were enough to draw a conclusion.

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snarky39•

Not exactly. The study correlated the presence of high bodily oxalate levels with autism. Theories were proposed as to possible mechanisms for oxalate action, but they were not evaluated in any experimental way.

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MantisAwakening•

One complicating factor in evaluating this study is that it repeatedly recommends tests that are sold by the company that did the research. That is a big red flag.

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Rocking70OP•

I feel like the report is off because the number of autistic participants to the number of nerotipical participants is 100 to 16, but i don't not understand it well enough and would appreciate help in educating myself further.

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