[hprotagonist]

Using the primary cohort, time to mortality was regressed on all three exposures of interest: BMI, fasting insulin, and CRP. A number of parametrizations of these three exposures were explored. The models with the best fit used linear and quadratic terms for BMI, a linear term for fasting insulin, and the natural logarithm of CRP.

and we chose not to justify or explain those parameterizations in any way, because what we probably actually did was diddle SAS until the model did what it was supposed to.

yawn.

[dang]

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"Don't be snarky."

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