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Correction: We overstated the power of a genetic test.
In "Methuselah decoded" (July 3rd) we overstated the power of genetic tests.
We apologize if we overstated the M-track results.
Our comment that the epidemiologic evidence "adds to our concern" about the potential hazards posed to humans by BPA hardly qualifies as justification for the criticism that we "overstated the importance" of this or any other single study.
However, it is clear that he or she felt we overstated our interpretation of the reduction in chosen value signals by the PCA-based single-trial index, and had two other technical concerns about our findings using this approach.
In the results section in the full (online) version of this article by Michael Moore and colleagues (BMJ 2009;339:b3999, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b3999), we overstated by a factor of 10 the percentages given for the incidence of new cases of depression in 1993: the values should be 1.58% for women and 0.78% for men.
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"Perhaps we overstate the importance of certain kinds of physical contact in other cultures," he said.
However, it's important to take heed of what can happen if we overstate what has been achieved.
Lest we overstate Sheridan Smith's sophistication, it's worth nothing that she'll be seen soon in The Powder Room, a film version of a hit Edinburgh play that unfolds in the ladies' of a British nightclub.
Are we overstating the case?
His appeal is fundamentally personal, and even personalist, and while we should not underestimate the significance of his wreckage of a once-great political party, I fear we overstate the long-term significance of Trump.
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