Why you shouldn't dichotomize continuous outcome variables, a brief thread:
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Depends on the clinical question. In HIV, you'd want to know the factors associated with complete suppression (undetectable); factors associated with higher or lower viral load not so interesting.
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That’s another good example where the initial measure is continuous but the real effect of the variable may be sensible to dichotomize
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