Imagine That a Researcher Publishes the Results from a Study,and

Imagine that a researcher publishes the results from a study,and the results indicate that there is a statistically significant association between sleep deprivation and coronary disease.This result would mean that

A) sleep deprivation causes coronary disease.
B) coronary disease causes sleep deprivation.
C) the effect of sleep deprivation on coronary disease is larger than the effect of any other factor.
D) the findings are not likely to be due to chance fluctuations.