Against quantiles: categorization of continuous variables in epidemiologic research, and its discontents

BACKGROUND: Quantiles are a staple of epidemiologic research: in contemporary epidemiologic practice, continuous variables are typically categorized into tertiles, quartiles and quintiles as a means to illustrate the relationship between a continuous exposure and a binary outcome. DISCUSSION: In thi...

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Autores principales: Bennette, Caroline, Vickers, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22375553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-21

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22375553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-21

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