As part of a large study of serum chemistry in healthy people, the following data were obtained for the serum concentration of uric acid in men and women ages 18-55 years.

Construct a 95% confidence interval for the true difference in population means. Suppose the investigators feel that the difference in population means is "clinically important" if it exceeds 0.08 mmol/1. Does the confidence interval indicate whether the difference is "clinically important"?

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Serum uric acid (mmol/I) Women Men 530 420 0.354 0.058 0.263 0.051