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Polychotomization of continuous variables in regression models based on the overall C index

BACKGROUND: When developing multivariable regression models for diagnosis or prognosis, continuous independent variables can be categorized to make a prediction table instead of a prediction formula. Although many methods have been proposed to dichotomize prognostic variables, to date there has been...

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Autores principales: Tsuruta, Harukazu, Bax, Leon
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1770908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17169154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-6-41