Using marginal standardisation to estimate relative risk without dichotomising continuous outcomes

Using marginal standardisation to estimate relative risk without dichotomising continuous outcomes

Abstract Background 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. Methods To avoid di...

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Main Authors: Ying Chen, Yilin Ning, Shih Ling Kao, Nathalie C. Støer, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Kavita Venkataraman, Eric Yin Hao Khoo, E-Shyong Tai, Chuen Seng Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Relative risk
Linear models
Logistic models
Dichotomisation
Odds ratio
Hyperglycaemia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-019-0778-9

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