Cubicle dwellers at greater risk for deep vein thrombosis

Xeni Jardin 9:30 pm Tue Mar 13, 2007

People whose work requires them to remain seated at computers for long periods of time each day have a greater chance of developing deadly blood clots in their legs than long-distance air travelers, according to a new study on thrombosis. Link.

Reader comment: Matthew Duggan says,

The report referred to in the story *does not* say that cubicle sitters
have a greater risk than international flyers, that's rubbish. The
brain explosion comes from the fact that while a greater percentage of
DVT sufferers are cubicle dwellers than international travellers,
that's also clearly true of the population as a whole! When you work out
the real "risk" of DVT from each activity, flying is still more dangerous.

This NZ Herald article has an appropriate correction at the bottom: Link.

..but unfortunately it's the only one I've seen so far that actually gets
it right!

There's also another problem with that AP report: the study covered 62
people, 1.4% of which had been on long-haul flights. My stats skills
aren't top notch, but I'm pretty sure that someone who is only 0.868 of
a person has bigger problems than clots.

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