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9 Life Tables 87
To Create a Life Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Life Tables Define Event for Status Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Life Tables Define Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Life Tables Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
SURVIVAL Command Additional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
10 Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis 93
To Obtain a Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Kaplan-Meier Define Event for Status Variable. . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Kaplan-Meier Compare Factor Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Kaplan-Meier Save New Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Kaplan-Meier Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
KM Command Additional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
11 Cox Regression Analysis 99
Obtaining a Cox Regression Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cox Regression Define Categorical Variables . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Cox Regression Plots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cox Regression Save New Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cox Regression Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cox Regression Define Event for Status Variable. . . . . . . . . . 104
COXREG Command Additional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105