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Tip revision: 2d9eea73c835c7ae1064476e3b805379296e8e5c authored by Venkatraman E. Seshan on 19 October 2023, 19:40:05 UTC
version 1.1.5
version 1.1.5
Tip revision: 2d9eea7
calogrank.Rd
\name{calogrank}
\title{Survival curves analysis of covariance}
\alias{calogrank}
\keyword{htest}
\description{
Logrank test to compare survival curves adjusting for covariates
}
\usage{
calogrank(ftime, fstatus, grp, cvt, strat=NULL)
}
\arguments{
\item{ftime}{failure times}
\item{fstatus}{status indicator}
\item{grp}{group indicator}
\item{cvt}{continuous covariates used for adjusted analysis}
\item{strat}{stratification variable}
}
\details{
calogrank is the covariate adjusted version of k-sample survdiff. The
function in its current form only does basic error checking.
}
\examples{
\dontrun{ library(survival)
data(pbc)
pbc1 <- pbc
pbc1$trt[pbc1$trt == -9] <- NA
pbc1$copper[pbc1$copper == -9] <- NA
# only death (2) is considered; transplant(1) is censored
calogrank(pbc1$time, pbc1$status==2, pbc1$trt, pbc1[,c("copper")])
calogrank(pbc1$time, pbc1$status==2, pbc1$trt,
pbc1[,c("protime", "copper")])}
}
\references{
Heller G. and Venkatraman E.S. (2004) A nonparametric test to compare
survival distributions with covariate adjustment. \emph{JRSS-B} 66,
719-733.
}
\keyword{htest}