Comment by amluto
2 years ago
SIDS has all manner of interesting and unexpected demographic correlations. I’m not convinced anyone knows what to make of them.
2 years ago
SIDS has all manner of interesting and unexpected demographic correlations. I’m not convinced anyone knows what to make of them.
That’s the problem with anything that is defined by the symptoms, rather than the cause. As soon as you find definitive evidence of what causes a subset of SIDS, it’s no longer really SIDS but “improper bed safety” or “undiagnosed genetic condition”.
The covariates are awkward and because they correspond so strongly with parental traits, the possibility exists that the kids are dying because of dysfunctional parental behaviors specifically.