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SIDS has all manner of interesting and unexpected demographic correlations. I’m not convinced anyone knows what to make of them.

>>amluto+(OP)
That’s the problem with anything that is defined by the symptoms, rather than the cause. As soon as you find definitive evidence of what causes a subset of SIDS, it’s no longer really SIDS but “improper bed safety” or “undiagnosed genetic condition”.

>>amluto+(OP)
The covariates are awkward and because they correspond so strongly with parental traits, the possibility exists that the kids are dying because of dysfunctional parental behaviors specifically.