Differences in Nominal Significance (DINS) Error leads to invalid conclusions: Letter regarding, "Diet enriched with fresh coconut decreases blood glucose levels and body weight in normal adults"

J Complement Integr Med. 2019 Jun 12;16(2):/j/jcim.2019.16.issue-2/jcim-2018-0037/jcim-2018-0037.xml. doi: 10.1515/jcim-2018-0037.

Authors

Cynthia M Kroeger^{1

2}, Andrew W Brown³, David B Allison²

Affiliations

¹ The University of Sydney, Charles Perkins Centre and School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, D17, Level 6, The Hub, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN,United States of America.
³ Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN,United States of America.

No abstract available

Keywords: DINS error; Type I error; nutrition; obesity; research rigor.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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MeSH terms

Adult
Blood Glucose*
Body Weight
Cocos*
Diet
Humans

Substances

Blood Glucose

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