… This paper reviews exploratory and systematic categorization methods whose combined …
continuous prognostic variable has been reasonably categorized (Section 2). These methods …

… methods used in developing prognostic models by a systematic review of 47 published
articles including prognostic models where the aim of the article was to develop a new prognostic …

… , for which researchers use a wide variety of methods of analysis. … variation in prognosis
in relation to a single putative prognostic variable of interest (also called a prognostic marker or …

… the predictor variables are discrete or continuous (or a combination of both types). Methods
of allowing for known prognostic variables in the analysis of a study are reviewed. These …

… methods, results, and conclusions. We will explore the potential impact of prognosis systematic
review methods … in the systematic review methods, and in the prognosis studies that each …

… is then fitted in a multivariable model along with the other already-established prognostic …
Various methods are used for categorizing prognostic variables. The common formal method …

… We reviewed published articles to assess the methods and reporting used to develop and
evaluate performance of prognostic indices and risk groups from prognostic models. Methods …

… In a review of prognostic and predictive factors in breast cancer, Gasparini [10] mentions ‘the
methodology of studies on prognostic and predictive indicators that are, at present, the most …

… Despite significant developments in marker research and statistical methods, no clinically
significant advances in prognostic models were seen in the past decade. Molecular …

… method of measurement of each prognostic variable, outcome definition and funding source.
The tool also included fields relevant to multivariate models based on the Critical Appraisal …