censor.time {survcomp} | R Documentation |
Function to artificially censor survival data
Description
The function censors the survival data at a specific point in time. This is is useful if you used datasets having different follow-up periods.
Usage
censor.time(surv.time, surv.event, time.cens = 0)
Arguments
surv.time |
vector of times to event occurrence |
surv.event |
vector of indicators for event occurrence |
time.cens |
point in time at which the survival data must be censored |
Value
surv.time.cens |
vector of censored times to event occurrence |
surv.event.cens |
vector of censored indicators for event occurrence |
Author(s)
Benjamin Haibe-Kains
Examples
set.seed(12345)
stime <- rexp(30)
cens <- runif(30,0.5,2)
sevent <- as.numeric(stime <= cens)
stime <- pmin(stime, cens)
censor.time(surv.time=stime, surv.event=sevent, time.cens=1)
[Package
survcomp version 1.0
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