Back in the 1930s, they used to claim that polio was caused by ice cream because during the summer kids would be more likely to get polio and they saw that more people were eating ice cream as well. Of course, that's BS. It's a correlation-causation fallacy. And that's what this association between napping and elevated blood pressure and stroke is.
In the article itself, they even identify multiple "risk factors" that are well-known risk factors on their own for both heart attack and stroke including male sex, smoking, drinking, and lower socioeconomic status.
Back in the 1930s, they used to claim that polio was caused by ice cream because during the summer kids would be more likely to get polio and they saw that more people were eating ice cream as well. Of course, that's BS. It's a correlation-causation fallacy. And that's what this association between napping and elevated blood pressure and stroke is.
In the article itself, they even identify multiple "risk factors" that are well-known risk factors on their own for both heart attack and stroke including male sex, smoking, drinking, and lower socioeconomic status.
Sleazy ass people.