Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma
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Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma
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Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma
#2If the correlation is proven true then that’s obviously terrible, but I’m in my mid 40s now, tattoo-less, and one of my biggest regrets is not getting a couple tattoos when I was younger. I feel like doing it now looks like a midlife crisis type thing. I always wanted one of those Thai tattoos where they manually tap tap tap the design into your skin with a mallet.
Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma
#3> In the group with lymphoma, 21 percent were tattooed (289 individuals), while 18 percent were tattooed in the control group without a lymphoma diagnosis (735 individuals).
Sure, that’s a meaningful percentage difference, but with the relatively small sample size and different `n` values, I don’t make much of this at the moment.
Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma
#4If the correlation is proven true then that’s obviously terrible, but I’m in my mid 40s now, tattoo-less, and one of my biggest regrets is not getting a couple tattoos when I was younger. I feel like doing it now looks like a midlife crisis type thing. I always wanted one of those Thai tattoos where they manually tap tap tap the design into your skin with a mallet.
It's never too late. It took me almost 18years of going back and forth until I did it.
Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma
#5If the correlation is proven true then that’s obviously terrible, but I’m in my mid 40s now, tattoo-less, and one of my biggest regrets is not getting a couple tattoos when I was younger. I feel like doing it now looks like a midlife crisis type thing. I always wanted one of those Thai tattoos where they manually tap tap tap the design into your skin with a mallet.
Why would you concern yourself with someone's perception of your motive for getting a tat?
Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma
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Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma
#7I'm curious what confounding factors might be at play.
I think tattoos have gotten more mainstream in recent decades, but I'd guess that before that it correlated with other risk factors [0].
[0] I'm not making any kind of oblique reference. I have no idea what those factors might be.
Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma
#8If the correlation is proven true then that’s obviously terrible, but I’m in my mid 40s now, tattoo-less, and one of my biggest regrets is not getting a couple tattoos when I was younger. I feel like doing it now looks like a midlife crisis type thing. I always wanted one of those Thai tattoos where they manually tap tap tap the design into your skin with a mallet.
This is the first time I've ever heard of someone regretting not getting a tattoo.
Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma
#9Hmm. Cats are subject to a cancer at injection sites (Feline Injection Site Sarcoma) but thats not a lymphoma so I guess not related.
Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma
#10I'm curious what confounding factors might be at play. I think tattoos have gotten more mainstream in recent decades, but I'd guess that before that it correlated with other risk factors [0]. [0] I'm not making any kind of oblique reference. I have no idea what those factors might be.
This was also my reaction almost immediately. Tattoos can have extensive correlation with social and lifestyle factors that could easily mean the difference between correlation and causation here.