ods and proc tabulate

[deleted_user]

Does anyone know of a macro or template that would allow for creating tables using ods and proc tabulate with mean ± SD in 1 column or at least n(%) in 1 column? I spend so much of my time editing tables to look like this it would be great if there was a template out there that did it for you.

[Cynthia_sas]

Hi:
You can use ODS techniques with PROC REPORT to accomplish this. It would be harder in TABULATE. Basically, with REPORT, you create a character variable from 2 columns and add the ± ... For examples, look at Figure 8 on page 9 of this paper:
http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/forum2008/173-2008.pdf
programs that go with the paper can be downloaded:
http://support.sas.com/rnd/papers/sgf2008/complex_reports.zip

cynthia

[deleted_user]

Thank you! Now I just have to convince everyone to spend the time using it to save time in the long run.