getAttributesTime {psichomics} | R Documentation

## Retrieve the time for given columns in a clinical dataset

### Description

Retrieve the time for given columns in a clinical dataset

### Usage

    getAttributesTime(clinical, event, timeStart, timeStop = NULL,
      followup = "days_to_last_followup")

    getColumnsTime(clinical, event, timeStart, timeStop = NULL,
      followup = "days_to_last_followup")

### Arguments

`clinical` | Data frame: clinical data
`event` | Character: name of column containing time of the event of interest
`timeStart` | Character: name of column containing starting time of the interval or follow up time
`timeStop` | Character: name of column containing ending time of the interval (only relevant for interval censoring)
`followup` | Character: name of column containing follow up time

### Value

Data frame containing the time for the given columns

### Examples

    df <- data.frame(followup=c(200, 300, 400), death=c(NA, 300, NA))
    rownames(df) <- paste("patient", 1:3)
    getAttributesTime(df, event="death", timeStart="death", followup="followup")

[Package psichomics version 1.6.2 Index]