process_covariates: Process covariates data

In pwatrick/DrugRepurposingToolKit: A High-Throughput Approach Integrating Gene Expression Signatures and Clinical Data to Repurpose Drugs

Process covariates data

Description

#' @description process_covariates processes covariates data

Usage

process_covariates(covariates, df_drug_obsperiod, european = 0, ...)

Arguments

covariates	A tibble with columns, c('person_id','dob','gender_concept_id','race_concept_id')
df_drug_obsperiod	A tibble with columns, c('person_id','start_date','first_drug_exposure','final_end_date')
european	A binary value with 1 = only use european ancestry, and 0 = use entire cohort.

Details

This function processes covariates data. It calculates age start start of observation period, keeps only adult patients (between 18 and 90 years at start of observation period), and default value is to use all patients regardless of ancestry.

Updated: 2021-03-27

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