Context: Researchers from Harvard Medical School investigated the relationship between the incidence of type 2 diabetes and red meat consumption (bacon, hot dogs, etc.). They had a sample of 37,000 women across the United States do a questionnaire about their eating habits. The women, who were all at least 45 years old, completed this questionnaire yearly for three years. The researchers found that women who consumed more processed red meat had a significantly higher risk of contracting type 2 diabetes (p = .004).

Question: Circle the best interpretation of the second p-value provided in the study (p = .004).

A. Assuming there is no difference between treatments, middle-aged women who consume red meat have a 0.4% higher risk of type 2 diabetes than middle-aged women who don't consume red meat.

B. Assuming there is no difference between treatments, there is a 0.4% chance of obtaining the observed difference in risk of type 2 diabetes (or more extreme) between middle-aged women who consume red meat and those that don't.

C. Assuming there is no difference between treatments, there is a 0.4% chance that there is a meaningful difference in the risk of type 2 diabetes between middle-aged women who consume red meat and those that don't.