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Analysis by Categorizing or Dichotomizing Continuous Variables Is Inadvisable: An Example from the Natural History of Unruptured Aneurysms
O. Naggara, J. Raymond, F. Guilbert, D. Roy, A. Weill and D.G. Altman
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2011, 32 (3) 437-440; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2425
O. Naggara
J. Raymond
F. Guilbert
D. Roy
A. Weill

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Five-year aneurysm cumulative rupture ratea
Aneurysms <7 mm Aneurysms 7–12 mm Aneurysms 13–24 mm Aneurysms >25 mm Group 1b Group 2c ACA/MCA/ICA 0 1.5% 2.6% 14.5% 40% Pcirc/PcomA 2.5% 3.4% 14.5% 18.4% 50% -
a Data from Wiebers et al.7
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b Patients who had no prior history of aneurysmal SAH.
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c Patients who had a prior history of aneurysmal SAH.
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O. Naggara, J. Raymond, F. Guilbert, D. Roy, A. Weill, D.G. Altman
Analysis by Categorizing or Dichotomizing Continuous Variables Is Inadvisable: An Example from the Natural History of Unruptured Aneurysms
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2011, 32 (3) 437-440; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2425
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