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JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
卷 68, 期 7, 页码 683-690出版社
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203439
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- Canadian Institutes for Health Research
We present three considerations in analysing the association between weight and mortality, as well as other relations that might be non-linear in nature. First, authors must graphically plot their independent and dependent variables in a continuous manner. Second, authors should assess the shape of that relation, and note its shape. If it is non-linear, and specifically, J-shaped or U-shaped, careful consideration should be given to using the `best' statistical model, of which multivariate fractional polynomial regression is a reasonable choice. Authors should also refrain from truncating their data to avoid dealing with non-linear relations.
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