PT132.S4.Q17

PrepTest 132 - Section 4 - Question 17

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A 24-year study of 1,500 adults showed that those subjects with a high intake of foods rich in beta-carotene were much less likely to die from cancer or heart disease than were those with a low intake of such foods. ██ ███ █████ █████ ██████ █████████████ ███████████ ███ ██ █████ ███ ██ ████████ ██ ████████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ████████ ██ █ ████████ █████ ██ ██████ ███████

"Surprising" Phenomenon

Why did people who ate lots of beta-carotene in their food avoid deadly cancer and heart disease when people taking beta-carotene supplements experienced no changes to their health?

Objective

The correct answer must fail to explain why people in the two studies experienced such different health outcomes. Every wrong answer, meanwhile, will state a flaw in the studies’ designs or explain why people who eat foods rich in beta-carotene are less likely to die from cancer and heart disease than those who take a supplement.

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17.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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