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This. Plus hidden alcohol consumption is something that is never take into account while doing these kind of studies in muslim countries.

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The fruit eaters drank more alcohol?

I think the GP means that the stratification for the intervention group and the control group does not consider alcohol consumption. It probably considers sex, age and initial BMI, but alcohol consumption is an important variable too.

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