| ▲ | zemvpferreira 5 hours ago | |
Possibly maybe, but plenty of caucasian friends at my old bodyweight/fat percentage had/have horrible markers. I lean more towards the protective effect of exercise. | ||
| ▲ | AlexErrant 4 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Agree 100%. To quote myself: --- Which do you think is worse: smoking, or not exercising? https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle... Look at Figure 2C in particular. The hazard ratio of smoking is 1.41. The hazard ratio between "Low" (<25th percentile) and "Below Average" (25th-49th percentile) cardiovascular health is 1.95. In other words, it is better to be a smoker than in the lower 25% of non-exercisers. By far. It's not even close. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40080849 Let me emphasize: that exercise hazard ratio is between LOW and BELOW-AVERAGE. | ||