Date:         Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:37:07 -0300
Reply-To:     hmaletta@fibertel.com.ar
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From:         Hector Maletta <hmaletta@fibertel.com.ar>
Subject:      Re: odds ratios for continuous predictors in logistic regression
Comments: To: billgttdnr@cs.com
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The coefficient of an independent variable in a log reg output indicates
how much the odds ratio increases when that independent variable
increases by one unit.
By the way, the "odds" of an event equal the probability of the event
divided by the probability that the event does not happen, p/(1-p)

Hector Maletta
Universidad del Salvador
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bill Gottdiener wrote:
>
> Could anyone tell me how to interpret an odds ratio calculated on a continuous variable in a logistic regression output?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill