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Old 03-24-24 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by ScottCommutes
I'm interested in this. Do you have the study? My concern is that correlation does not necessarily imply causation - perhaps the healthy people are the ones that choose to bike commute.

I also get the younger thing. I'm 49 but people figure me for about 38.
I searched a bit for you. I'm not sure this is it, but this one looks pretty good. The one I remember reading was about a study of people that goes back many decades.

Association between active commuting and incident cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality: prospective cohort study
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