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How much information can metabolic syndrome provide? An application of information theory.

Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making - 1 Jan 2000

Beckstead Jason W, Beckie Theresa M

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The purpose of this article is to show, using principles from Shannon's information theory, that it is possible to estimate the amount of information loss that occurs, in relative terms, when multiple continuous biological traits are dichotomized and aggregated, as is the case with many diagnosti...

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PMID: 20729508
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X10373401

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