• WagnasT@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Power analyses indicated that sample sizes were sufficient to detect a 4.2% difference in mean TEE (Hadza vs. Western, α = 0.05) in comparisons among women (power 97%) and 7.6% difference among men (power 93%).

    So the Hanza people used more energy than westerners but I guess if you can just say 7.6% more energy is not significant then I guess it isn’t.

    The paper you linked is literally saying the people that move more burn more calories.

    • Sheepy@sh.itjust.works
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      4 days ago

      And this is why I linked the article first instead of the paper.

      The line you’re quoting is the authors explaining they have a large enough sample size to detect differences. They could detect a 4.2% difference in their sampling of women with 97% confidence, at a 5% significance threshold. They are saying they are extremely confident they would be able to detect a difference, but didn’t.