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Subject: typically dichotomized пожалуйста, помогите перевести или хотя бы подскажите, в чем тут суть?The troponin I result is typically dichotomized by a single diagnostic cutoff.
Что-то я вообще не улавливаю, каким образом он может быть дихотомическим, и вот это что такое "by a single diagnostic cutoff"? Дальше контекст такой
Its performance as a continuous prognostic variable has not previously been well-characterized. We studied the first troponin I sent from the emergency department (ED) as a predictor of all-cause inpatient mortality, with retrospectively gathered data....The presence of any detectible troponin I at ED presentation is associated with increased inpatient mortality. In 2 distinct clinical populations, the odds of death approximately doubled with any 10-fold increase in troponin result. This held true at levels below current diagnostic cutoffs. The placement and utility of dichotomous cutoffs might merit reconsideration.
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