adjusted spearman correlation

[Manije72]

Hi

I want to adjust spearman correlation to age and BMI. Is the code I used correct?

proc corr data=Qe rank;

partial age bmi;
var IL_2_C;
WITH CRP;
run;

[Ksharp]

/*Want this ?*/
proc corr data=sashelp.heart  spearman;
partial Diastolic Systolic ;
var weight;
WITH height;
run;

[Rick_SAS]

Almost correct. You need to add the SPEARMAN option to the PROC CORR statement. (The RANK option sorts the output, but does not compute the Spearman correlation.)

This is assuming that you are trying to find the correlation between the residuals of

IL_2_C and CRP
after regressing each variable onto the AGE and BMI variables.