Table 1 Simple macro variables in the stratify macro i.e. options.
macro variable | default value | needed when | meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
DATA | &syslast | mandatory | input data |
OUT | &data | mandatory | output data |
OUTCOMES | MODE = m | outcome events input data | |
EVENTDAT | outcome events output data | ||
EVENTTIME | eventtime | mandatory | time of outcome event |
SUBJECT | OUTCOMES or EXPDATS used | person ID for record linkage | |
TIME | time | zrtf-stmt | time of exposure events |
EXPEVENT | expevent | zrtf-stmt | exposure event |
VALUE | value | zrtf-stmt v = v | exposure event attribute, numeric |
VALUEC | valuec | zrtf-stmt v = cv | exposure event attribute, character |
BIRTHDATE | birthdate | zrtf-stmt v = a | birth date |
SCALE | 365.25 | mandatory | scale relation between time units for time points and cut points/PYRS |
GRANULARITY | 1 | MODE = s,c,m | follow-up ends at EVENTTIME + GRANULARITY |
EVENTTYPE | eventtype | MODE = c,i,m | type of outcome |
NOEVENTVALUE | MODE = c,i,m | value of eventtype for person-time | |
MODE | s(ing(le)) | mandatory other values = c(omp(eting)) i(ntens(ity)) m(ult(iple)) | when and how follow-up ends |
METHOD | fst | mandatory other values = arr sum chunk noagg | method of aggregation or no aggregation (noagg) |
CHUNKSIZE | 5000 | METHOD = chunk | see [8] |