5.3 Type 2 Level 2 Figure File Lookup Table Parameters
The Type 2 Level 2 Figure File lookup table is optional to be specified for a Type 2 Level 2 analysis. All lookup tables can be found in the Reporting Tool templatefiles folder. The user will download the Reporting Tool, select the Type 2 Level 2 Figure File lookup table, and edit the relevant parameters directly in the lookup table.
The Figure File is used to specify which figures to produce in the report. Forest plots, Kaplan-Meier plots, and propensity score histograms can be produced for the overall cohort, as well as any subgroup analyses specified in the distributed package. Note that only one Figure File that includes all requested output should be specified. Table 5.8 contains detailed specifications for the Figure File for an L2 analysis.
Five figures for an L2 analysis can be requested, as indicated by the FIGURE parameter in the Figure File:
5.3.1 Figures
- F1: Propensity Score Histogram
- F2: Forest Plots
- F3: Unadjusted Kaplan-Meier Plot
- F4: Adjusted Kaplan-Meier Plot for Conditional Matched and Weighted Analyses
- F5: Adjusted Kaplan-Meier Plot for Unconditional Matched Analyses
LEVELNUM specifies the number of level ID variables required in order to produce the figure. For example, if LEVELNUM = 1, then the output defined in LEVELID1 is required to be included in the distributed results, but the output defined in LEVELID2 and LEVELID3 is optional and not necessary to output the figure.
| Figure | Dataset | Figuresub | Levelnum | Levelid1 | Levelid2 | Levelid3 | Includeinreport | Xmin | Xmax | Xtick | Ymin | Ymax | Ytick | Includeatrisktable | Censordisplay |
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| F1 | overall | 0 | N | N | |||||||||||
| F2 | overall | 0 | N | N | |||||||||||
| F3 | overall | 0 | N | N | |||||||||||
| F4 | overall | 0 | N | N | |||||||||||
| F5 | overall | 0 | N | N |
| Parameter | Field Name | Description |
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| Include in Report | INCLUDEINREPORT | Indicator to output the corresponding figure in the report. |
| Note 1: to output figures and PS histograms for each ANALYSISGRP both INCLUDEINREPORT and OUTPUTPSDISTRIBUTION (in the L2 Comparison File) must equal Y. If INCLUDEINREPORT = N and OUTPUTPSDISTRIBUTION = Y a warning will be written to the log and no histograms will be output. A histogram will not be output for the specified ANALYSISGRP if INCLUDEINREPORT = Y and OUTPUTPSDISTRIBUTION = N. ” | ||
Valid values are:
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| Format: SAS character $1 | ||
| Example: Y | ||
| Minimum X-Axis Value | XMIN | The user can optionally specify the minimum x-axis on the CDF or KM plot. |
| Note 1: the default minimum x-axis value is 0. | ||
| Format: Numeric | ||
| Example: 50 | ||
| Maximum X-Axis Value | XMAX | The user can optionally specify the maximum x-axis on the CDF or KM plot. |
| Note 1: the default maximum x-axis value is the maximum of the data. | ||
| Format: Numeric | ||
| Example: 100 | ||
| X-Axis Tick Marks | XTICK | The user can optionally specify the distance between x-axis tick marks on the CDF or KM plot. |
| Note 1: by default there will be 6 x-axis tick marks; the code will determine the tick values. | ||
| Note 2: if XMIN = 0, XMAX = 200, and XTICK = 50, this will create x-axis tick values of 0, 50, 100, 150, and 200. | ||
| Format: Numeric | ||
| Example: 20 | ||
| Minimum Y-Axis Value | YMIN | The user can optionally specify the minimum y-axis on the CDF or KM plot. |
| Note 1: the default minimum y-axis value is 0. | ||
| Format: Numeric | ||
| Example: 0.80 | ||
| Maximum Y-Axis Value | YMAX | The user can optionally specify the maximum y-axis on the CDF or KM plot. |
| Note 1: the default maximum y-axis value is 1. | ||
| Format: Numeric | ||
| Example: 0.90 | ||
| Y-Axis Tick Marks | YTICK | The user can optionally specify the distance between y-axis tick marks on the CDF or KM plot. |
| Note 1: the default y-axis tick value is 0.2. | ||
| Note 2: if YMIN = 0.5, YMAX = 1, and YTICK = 0.1, this will create y-axis tick values of 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, and 1. | ||
| Format: Numeric | ||
| Example: 0.5 | ||
| Censoring Criteria to Display | CENSORDISPLAY | List of censoring criteria to display on the CDF or KM plot, separated by a space. |
Valid values are:
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| Note 1: if left blank, all censoring criteria relevant to the figure will be displayed. | ||
| Format: SAS character - length can vary | ||
| Example: cens_elig cens_dth cens_dpend cens_event | ||
| Include At-Risk Table | INCLUDEATRISKTABLE | Indicator specifying whether to output at-risk table below censoring figure. |
Valid values are:
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| Format: SAS character $1 | ||
| Example: N |