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Table 6 %PurposefulSelection macro variables.

From: Purposeful selection of variables in logistic regression

DATASET

Input data set

OUTCOME

Main outcome (Y)

COVARIATES

All covariates (X1...X j )

PVALUEI

Inclusion criteria for multivariate model

PVALUER

Retention criteria for multivariate model

CHBETA

% change in parameter estimate indicating confounding

PVALUENC

Inclusion criteria for non-candidate