-> Well, yes of course i defined it as categorical.
-> Well, "multiple cox regression" would be correct then (I edited the original post - hope it's correct now).
I performed multivariable cox regression. One variable is categorical with 3 potential values. Behind the reference category there is only a p-value but no hazard ratio. Is this p value kind of a global p-value for this variable?
It is a bis complicated since one p-value for the non-reference...
i am trying to perform cox regression on survival data of tumor patients with the covariate "resection status". Patients had either biopsy (=0), partial resection(=1) or total resection of the tumor (=2).
I have trouble understanding the following: "total resection" (=2) is the reference value...