Multiple comparison of inverse probability weighted survival curves

[bgladd]

Hello,
I am using SAS 9.4 TS1M5 and have not been able to obtain a multiple comparison of inverse probability weighted Kaplan Meier failure curves for my three exposure groups using the adjust=sidak option in proc lifetest. The multiple comparison test ran successfully when I did not include the inverse weight variable, see code1:

code1:
proc lifetest data= bb notable plots=survival( nocensor failure test ); 
where 66 <= ageatdiag < 75;
strata pdc2 / test=logrank adjust=sidak ;
time lenfol*death365day(0);
run; 

However, when I added the weight statement to the code, see code2 below, the output did not include the multiple comparison output :

proc lifetest data= bb notable plots=survival( nocensor failure test ); 
where 66 <= ageatdiag < 75;
strata pdc2 / test=logrank adjust=sidak ;
time lenfol*death365day(0);
weight ps_wt;
run; 

Is there something else I need to do in order to generate the multiple comparison test results?

Thanks.

[ballardw]

Any interesting notes in the log?

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[bgladd]

I am not allowed to post any of our data, but perhaps these additional details will be helpful: The exposure variable, pdc2 is a categorical variable with 3 levels; lenfol is the time to event in days, and death365day is a Y/N flag for the event. My question is centered on the difference between the output I receive after I add the weight statement to the code below, which runs without error and produces the standard output for proc lifetest, as well as the Adjustment for Multiple Comparisons for the Logrank Test table.

%dummytbl(sheet_name=WtdKMyr_Longterm66743);
proc lifetest data= bb_ps_w_pdc2 notable plots=survival( nocensor failure test atrisk(atrisktickonly outside)=(0,30,90,180,365)) maxtime=365; 
title 'IPW Failure curve for ages 66-74 by PDC Group- weight removed';
where 66 <= ageatdiag < 75;
strata pdc2 / test=logrank adjust=sidak ;
time lenfol*death365day(0);
run;		

 The Multiple Comparison table gave me the strata comparison, chi-square test results and the p-Values (raw and Sidak). However, when I added "weight" statement (in order to generate inverse probability weighted curves), as shown in the code below: 

proc lifetest data= bb_pswt_pdc_adj2 notable plots=survival(cl nocensor failure test atrisk(atrisktickonly outside)=(0,30,90,180,365)) maxtime=365; 
title 'IPW Failure curve by age2 strata pdc with adjusted weight';
by age2;
strata pdc2 / test=logrank adjust=sidak ;
time lenfol*death365day(0);
weight ps_wt_adj;
run;

the Multiple comparison table was not generated. The only output I got were the Rank Statistics, Covariance Matrix, and Test of Equality over Strata tables, along with the plot. I did not receive any error and the log output was the same for both sets of code and was the following: NOTE: The LOGLOG transform is used to compute the confidence limits for the survivor function. To suppress using this transform, specify CONFTYPE=LINEAR in the PROC LIFETEST statement.
NOTE: The PROCEDURE LIFETEST printed pages 13-18.
NOTE: PROCEDURE LIFETEST used (Total process time):

Thanks.

Barbara