risk_ratio function

Calculates the risk ratio (RR) and standard error.

risk_ratio Calculates the risk ratio and standard error.

risk_ratio(y, x, formula, data)

Arguments

• y: 0-1 binary response variable.
• x: 0-1 binary independent variable.
• formula: A formula object to specify the model as normally used by glm.
• data: An objects of class milist, created by df2milist, list2milist or mids2milist.

Returns

The risk ratio, related standard error and complete data degrees of freedom (dfcom) as n-2.

Details

Note that the standard error of the RR is in fact the standard error of the (natural) risk ratio.

Examples

imp_dat <- df2milist(lbpmilr, impvar="Impnr")
ra <- with(imp_dat, expr=risk_ratio(Chronic ~ Radiation))

See Also

with.milist

Author(s)

Martijn Heymans, 2021