How to add reference lines per category in proc sgplot ?

[IsabelleM]

My dataset contains vitamin D intake from 4 different sources (bron) for 7 different subpopulations (a,b,c,d,e,f,g).

Is it possible to create reference lines that do not cover the entire width of a graph but with a limited to the concerned category.

proc format; 
value formsubpop  1="a"
                  2="b"
			      3="c"
			      4="d"
			      5="e"
			      6="f"
			      7="g";
			      run;

proc sort data=VitD_aggr;
by subpop ;
run;

proc sgplot data=VitD_aggr;
  vbox VitD_tot/category=subpop group=bron grouporder=descending boxwidth=0.9 NOOUTLIERS;
    YAXIS LABEL = 'Usual vitamin D intake (ug/day)' GRID VALUES = (0 TO 50 BY 10); 
  xaxis display=(nolabel) ;
  REFLINE 10 /label="AI=10 ug/day" lineattrs=(color=green);
  REFLINE 25 /label="UL=25 ug/day" lineattrs=(color=red);
  REFLINE 15 /label="AI=15 ug/day" lineattrs=(color=green);
  REFLINE 50 / label="UL=50 ug/day" lineattrs=(color=red);
  format subpop formsubpop. ;
  keylegend / location =outside position =bottom across=1;
  run;

[PeterClemmensen]

How do you know if a refline applies to a certain category? If it is in the 95% confidence interval? If it is in the quartile range?

[IsabelleM]

Thank you for your reply.

The reflines depend on the subpop (=subpopulations) I will probably have to define them by subpop?

refline 10 and 50 apply to subpop's a, b, c and d

refline 15 and 50 apply to subpop's e, f and g

[ballardw]

It sounds like you are asking for something that likely is in the annotate facility. That will allow you do specify drawing a line between two coordinates over/under other elements. You would construct an appropriate data set with the drawing instructions and reference in the procedure with the SGANNO= option to indicate the set to use. There are a number of macros available to help such as %sgline to create the instructions given some parameters such as coordinates and line properties.

[Reeza]

Instead of a reference line think of it is as a customized scatter plot, with the symbols being a straight line. 

Add in the values for your individual reference to your data set, if it's not already included.

Then you can use SCATTER to include customized reference line. 

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@IsabelleM wrote:

My dataset contains vitamin D intake from 4 different sources (bron) for 7 different subpopulations (a,b,c,d,e,f,g).

Is it possible to create reference lines that do not cover the entire width of a graph but with a limited to the concerned category.

proc format; 
value formsubpop  1="a"
                  2="b"
			      3="c"
			      4="d"
			      5="e"
			      6="f"
			      7="g";
			      run;

proc sort data=VitD_aggr;
by subpop ;
run;

proc sgplot data=VitD_aggr;
  vbox VitD_tot/category=subpop group=bron grouporder=descending boxwidth=0.9 NOOUTLIERS;
    YAXIS LABEL = 'Usual vitamin D intake (ug/day)' GRID VALUES = (0 TO 50 BY 10); 
  xaxis display=(nolabel) ;
  REFLINE 10 /label="AI=10 ug/day" lineattrs=(color=green);
  REFLINE 25 /label="UL=25 ug/day" lineattrs=(color=red);
  REFLINE 15 /label="AI=15 ug/day" lineattrs=(color=green);
  REFLINE 50 / label="UL=50 ug/day" lineattrs=(color=red);
  format subpop formsubpop. ;
  keylegend / location =outside position =bottom across=1;
  run;

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[IsabelleM]

I have tried this out with polylines and polycont and it worked.

Thank you for your help!