Using marginal standardisation to estimate relative risk without dichotomising continuous outcomes
Using marginal standardisation to estimate relative risk without dichotomising continuous outcomes
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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Although criticisms regarding the dichotomisation of continuous variables are well known, applying logit model to dichotomised outcomes is the convention because the odds ratios are easily obtained and they approximate the relative risks (RRs) for rare events.
To avoid dichotomisation when estimating RR, the marginal standardisation method that...
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Using marginal standardisation to estimate relative risk without dichotomising continuous outcomes
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1471-2288
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1471-2288
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10.1186/s12874-019-0778-9
