Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
A few things from this study poster are concerning. For the < 8-hour restricted eating group, which had the higher risk of CVD death:
- they had the highest BMI of all groups (29.9 vs 28.5 reference group)
- they self-reported a higher rate of CVD to begin with (8.6% vs 7.7% for reference group)
- they self-reported the highest rate of smoking (27.1% vs 16.9% reference group)
- they had the largest percentage of Black participants (23.2% vs 6.6% reference group)
- they were the smallest group in the study (414 out of 20,078), with just 31 CVD deaths
These are all reasons to be skeptical of this reported higher risk of CVD death from intermittent fasting.