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Re: st: Cox regression- non linear trends
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Steven Samuels <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Cox regression- non linear trends
Date
Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:45:30 -0400
Catherine,
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Steve
[email protected]
On Jul 25, 2011, at 9:27 PM, Duggan, Catherine R wrote:
Hello
I have a Cox model examining Variable A and it's inhibitor Var B.
Var. A seems to exhibit a non-linear trend when I examined the tertiles using a fully adjusted model, with mortality as an endpoint. The P.H. assumption was met.
1.00 ref
0.48 (95% CI 0.18-1.27)
0.97 (95% CI 0.35 - 2.67)
(Though Var B was linear).
Because of this, I thought that I should present just the categorical variable in the model. However my experience has been that reviewers always want to see both continuous and categorical variables presented, especially as I will present Var B both ways.
Can anyone give me some advice please on how to handle non-linear continuous variables in Cox models?
Many thanks
Catherine
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