How do I use Proc Iclifetest to obtain a 95% bootstrap confidence interval?

ejulianne — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 19:03:52 GMT

Hello, I am trying to use proc iclifetest statement to obtain KM estimates and their 95% pointwise bootstrap confidence interval. I have already been able to obtain my KM estimates survival curve using proc lifetest. The problem is my code is not working based on the options given by SAS for proc iclifetest and there are no examples of using this procedure to obtain the bootstrap confidence interval, only specified options.

My code:

proc iclifetest data=A bootstrap(nboot=500) (seed=0);
time survival*died(0);
run;

This is the code I used to produce my survival curve:

proc lifetest data=A(where=(B<>'High')) plot=survival(cl cb=hw);
time survival*died(0);
run;

Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

Re: How do I use Proc Iclifetest to obtain a 95% bootstrap confidence interval?

Rick_SAS — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:12:41 GMT

The Getting Started example from the procedure's documentation is worth reading.

Put all bootstrap options inside the paentheses:

proc iclifetest data=A bootstrap(nboot=500 seed=123) plots=(survival);

The TIME statement requires that you specify two variables in parentheses:

time (Left, Right);

The first variable gives the left-hand bounds and the second variable gives the right-hand bounds of the interval for the event, with missing values used to represent censored values.

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How do I use Proc Iclifetest to obtain a 95% bootstrap confidence interval?

Re: How do I use Proc Iclifetest to obtain a 95% bootstrap confidence interval?