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Do not turn one kind of evidence into another claim

TODAY
OBSERVATIONWhat was measured today?

Eye, method, date and findings belong with the result.

OVER TIME
ASSOCIATIONWhat happens in groups over time?

A population relationship is not a diagnosis or personal forecast.

WITH A COMPARATOR
INTERVENTIONWhat did the trial compare?

Product, population, comparator, outcome and time define the result.

These are different questions. A result in one domain cannot automatically answer another.

Conceptual distinctions. A short-term treatment outcome does not directly measure a child’s lifetime complication risk. Sources: [3] [1] ·

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