attach(prostate) library(Design,T) library(Hmisc,T) "%in%"<-function(a,b) match(a,b nomatch=0) > 0 subset<-prostate$status %in% c("dead - heart or vascular","dead -cerebrovascular","dead-prostatic ca") attach(prostate[subset,]) levels(ekg)[levels(ekg) %in% c("old MI", "recent MI")]<-"MI" pf.lin<-as.integer(pf)-1 levels(pf)<-levels(pf)[c(1:3,3)] levels(pf)<-abbreviate(levels(pf)) w<-prostate.transcan[subset, ] sz<-impute(w,sz) sg<-impute(w,sg) age<-impute(w,age) wt<-impute(w,wt) ekg<-impute(w,ekg) cvd<-status %in% c("dead - heart or vascular","dead - cerebrovascular") ekg.norm<-ekg %in% c("normal","benign") levels(ekg)<-abbreviate(levels(ekg)) sz.t<-w[,"sz"] sg.t<-w[,"sg"] ap.t<-w[,"ap"] sbp.t<-w[,"sbp"] dbp.t<-w[,"dbp"] age.t<-w[,"age"] wt.t<-w[,"wt"] hg.t<-w[,"hg"] ekg.t<-w[,"ekg"] pf.t<-w[,"pf"]