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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
RE: "A PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL WITH TIME-DEPENDENT COVARIATES AND TIME-VARYING EFFECTS FOR ANALYSIS OF FETAL AND INFANT DEATH"
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom CB2 2QQ
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I read with interest the recent series of Journal papers on gestational-age-specific mortality (14). I agree with Platt et al.s statement: "Research to date on perinatal outcomes has all but ignored the fact that gestational age is a time-to-event variable" (1, p.