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		tempestn on May 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma Any given person, for sure. In aggregate though I bet you'd find correlations.

robin_reala on May 28, 2024 | [–]

Not sure you could in Sweden. Stats[1] show 21% tattoo prevalance in Sweden compared to 12% in the EU in general.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10163470/

tyre on May 28, 2024 | [–]

they are statistically cooler

rightbyte on May 28, 2024 | [–]

Which is a strong confounding factor ...

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