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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |