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nradovlast Wednesday at 10:03 PM1 replyview on HN

There may be some correlation but causality is unclear. India has a lot of vegetarians and also a high incidence of heart disease.


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woodruffwlast Wednesday at 11:48 PM

That might have something more to do with almost one in four people in India being a tobacco user[1]. CDC suggests that one in four CVD deaths (in the US) is caused by tobacco use[2].

[1]: https://globalactiontoendsmoking.org/research/tobacco-around...

[2]: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/about/cigarettes-and-cardiovascu...

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