title: Dichotomizing continuous prognostic factors can cause paradoxical results in survival models.
authors.forename: Konradin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Metze
mesh_terms: D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000401:mortality* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014481:United States