Originally Posted by
RChung
Here's a NYT article that discusses how the formula came to be, and the population that was used to derive it.
i guess this is similar to why there really are no dumb questions, often the statement "everybody knows that" is often not far behind by when in reality not everyone knows. here 10 studies turned into "most people."
thanks for the link. i had seen in on the web but dismissed it because it was not a medical journal, lesson learned.