mAssoc: Measures of Association

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Measures of Association

Description

This is a wrapper function for the epiR function epi.2by2(). It allows the user to obtain measures of association in cases where the exposure variable has more than 2 levels.

Usage

mAssoc(tab, method = "cohort.count", conf.level = 0.95)

Arguments

tab	table object in epi.2by2() format (referent variable in bottom left, index variable(s) in upper left)
method	specification of study type. just like epi.2by2(), options are cohort.count, cohort.time, case.control, or cross.sectional.
conf.level	magnitude of the returned confidence intervals. Must be a single number between 0 and 1.

Value

a list of objects of class epi.2by2 (type ?epi.2by2 for more details)

Examples

risk_rural <- flipTable(table(kenya_1$rural, kenya_1$death))
mAssoc(risk_rural)

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