Categorisation of continuous exposure variables revisited. A response to the Hyperglycaemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) Study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Frøslie, Kathrine F ^a   Røislien, Jo ^a   Laake, Petter ^a   Henriksen, Tore ^a   Qvigstad, Elisabeth ^a   Veierød, Marit B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THINNESS;

EID: 78049510086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-103     Document Type: Article

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