Author's response to reviews Title: Against Quantiles: categorization of continuous variables in epidemiologic research, and its discontents Authors:

Against quantiles: categorization of continuous variables in epidemiologic research, and its discontents

BACKGROUND Quantiles are a staple of epidemiologic research: in contemporary epidemiologic practice, continuous variables are typically categorized into tertiles, quartiles and quintiles as a means to illustrate the relationship between a continuous exposure and a binary outcome. DISCUSSION In this paper we argue that this approach is highly problematic and present several potential alternati...

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