add_numerical_event: Add Event to Cohort Using Function of Numeric Variable in...

In outcomesinsights/jigsaw_r: Tools for Working With Observational Data

Description

Takes any numeric data in events file (e.g., laboratory value) and estimates a function of it (e.g., mean) using all available values. Values can be limited to a time window before the person's index date (from cohort file). Windows must be negative (i.e., before index date). Function parameters can be passed in ... to the function (e.g., na.rm = TRUE). Default function is mean. Other options include median, max, and min.

Usage

add_numerical_event(varname = NULL, days = -365, func = mean, ...)

Arguments

varname	variable name
days	size of window in days
func	function to apply to values (e.g., mean)
...	passed to function (e.g., na.rm = TRUE)

Value

see above

Examples

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