%0 Journal Article %1 Marchand2010 %A Marchand, J-L %D 2010 %J Revue d'épidémiologie et de santé publique %K DataInterpretation Humans Mortality Software Statistical TimeFactors %N 5 %P 370-4 %R 10.1016/j.respe.2010.03.004 %T Generating person-years and calculating SMR using SAS: a simple program for exact calculations. %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20933348 %V 58 %X The computation of standardized incidence/mortality ratios or Poisson regression requires the calculation of person-years generated in a cohort. Softwares can do that, but SAS users still need to program this step themselves. Various algorithms were published previously, but they do not perform exact calculations: the present paper describes a simple program, which creates exact person-years, and computes SMRs. This program provides a referenced tool to perform this analysis in a cohort, with SAS or another language (the algorithm used can be easily adapted). %@ 0398-7620; 0398-7620

@article{Marchand2010, abstract = {The computation of standardized incidence/mortality ratios or Poisson regression requires the calculation of person-years generated in a cohort. Softwares can do that, but SAS users still need to program this step themselves. Various algorithms were published previously, but they do not perform exact calculations: the present paper describes a simple program, which creates exact person-years, and computes SMRs. This program provides a referenced tool to perform this analysis in a cohort, with SAS or another language (the algorithm used can be easily adapted).}, added-at = {2023-02-03T11:44:35.000+0100}, author = {Marchand, J-L}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2313d112e6c1374d67ec1b26a49908632/jepcastel}, doi = {10.1016/j.respe.2010.03.004}, interhash = {1bd1de97512b0fc93fb5cf24751d354d}, intrahash = {313d112e6c1374d67ec1b26a49908632}, isbn = {0398-7620; 0398-7620}, issn = {0398-7620}, journal = {Revue d'épidémiologie et de santé publique}, keywords = {DataInterpretation Humans Mortality Software Statistical TimeFactors}, month = {10}, note = {6237<m:linebreak></m:linebreak>CI: Copyright (c) 2010; JID: 7608039; 2009/07/24 [received]; 2010/02/09 [revised]; 2010/03/26 [accepted]; 2010/10/12 [aheadofprint]; ppublish;}, number = 5, pages = {370-4}, pmid = {20933348}, timestamp = {2023-02-03T11:44:35.000+0100}, title = {[Generating person-years and calculating SMR using SAS: a simple program for exact calculations].}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20933348}, volume = 58, year = 2010 }