Similar to this, the Mann–Whitney test (U) was used for predictor variables with two categories.
A 25-day time window ending 3 days before cardiovascular hospitalization or 3 days before cardiovascular death without prior hospitalization was used for predictor development and was referred to as 'the monitoring window'.
However, this procedure cannot be used for the predictors [60].
The sample used for the predictors from the March CPS are women between 15- and 49-year-old.
Predictive models are used frequently in medical research and automated model selection procedures are traditionally used for identifying predictors.
Moreover, when kinetic-energy conserving schemes are used for the predictor step, the algorithm discretely conserves the kinetic energy in the low-Mach limit.
Indicator coding was used for categorical predictor variables, with the first category in each group treated as the reference group.
The period used for identifying the predictors individually for unstable patients was the twelve months before the first hospital referral in 2006.
Stepwise forward conditional model was used for identifying independent predictors.
Univariate analysis and multivariable logistic regression were used for modeling the predictors of condom use.
