Populations with low sodium intake, and other factors, have no hypertension, and low rates of death and disease from heart disease.
The randomized studies have found lower death and disease from lower sodium. So far the probability that this is just chance is about 10%. So the standard p number is not reached.
The most likely outcome is that a bigger better studies will produce significance.
Thank you for such precision concerning statistical semantics.
But I also find the non-experimental data compelling. I think more long term data will clear this up eventually.
It is urgent that we solve foundational debates in statistics. The health and economies of the world hang on this very point. So far Judea Pearl's work is the most compelling I've found. Do you have any references you'd suggest?
Populations with low sodium intake, and other factors, have no hypertension, and low rates of death and disease from heart disease.
The randomized studies have found lower death and disease from lower sodium. So far the probability that this is just chance is about 10%. So the standard p number is not reached.
The most likely outcome is that a bigger better studies will produce significance.