twoXtwoRR: Estimate risk ratio and compute CI limits from two-by-two...

In EValue: Sensitivity Analyses for Unmeasured Confounding and Other Biases in Observational Studies and Meta-Analyses

Description

Given counts in a two-by-two table, computes risk ratio and confidence interval limits.

Usage

twoXtwoRR(n11, n10, n01, n00, alpha = 0.05)

Arguments

n11	Number exposed (X=1) and diseased (D=1)
n10	Number exposed (X=1) and not diseased (D=0)
n01	Number unexposed (X=0) and diseased (D=1)
n00	Number unexposed (X=0) and not diseased (D=0)
alpha	Alpha level associated with confidence interval

Examples

# Hammond and Holl (1958 JAMA) Data
# Two by Two Table
#          Lung Cancer    No Lung Cancer
# Smoker    397            78557
# Nonsmoker 51             108778

twoXtwoRR(397, 78557, 51, 108778)

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