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Use of generalised additive models to categorise continuous variables in clinical prediction
BACKGROUND: In medical practice many, essentially continuous, clinical parameters tend to be categorised by physicians for ease of decision-making. Indeed, categorisation is a common practice both in medical research and in the development of clinical prediction rules, particularly where the ensuing...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3716996/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23802742 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-13-83 |