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Esat, are you saying that if someone calls me a fat,
Tunesian, sponge-diving pig, that I should not be offended?
This will take some getting used to. MC to you , too.- G
On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, atikkan@ix*.ne*.co* (EE Atikkan ) wrote:
>-
>Are there any non-anecdotal studies that actually PROVE physical
>fitness reduces susceptibility to DCI?
>
> You figure it out for yourself. -G
>
>
>
>A # of years back X. Fructis studied DCS among Tunisian sponge diver.
>
>He found a correlation between DCI and cardiovascular fitness.(more
>fit, less DCI)
>DCI did not correlate with obesity (as determined by skin fold)
>
>The study did suffer from being retrospective and sample size included
>those that had taken multiple hits (if I recall correctly)
>
>A perfunctionary look at body parameters & DCS does not appear to point
>to a possible relationship between same. Again cardiovascular fitness
>is a different variable.
>
>Conclusion - yes there is one retrospective study that at least
>absolves body fold excess from the list of DCS sensitizers. I don't
>know if you have to be a fat Tunisian sponge diver to have same.
>
>Happy holidays to all
>
>Esat Atikkan
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