CohortConstructor (version 0.2.2)

requireAge: Restrict cohort on age

Description

requireAge() filters cohort records, keeping only records where individuals satisfy the specified age criteria.

Usage

requireAge(
  cohort,
  ageRange,
  cohortId = NULL,
  indexDate = "cohort_start_date",
  name = tableName(cohort)
)

Value

The cohort table with only records for individuals satisfying the age requirement

Arguments

cohort

A cohort table in a cdm reference.

ageRange

A list of minimum and maximum age.

cohortId

IDs of the cohorts to modify. If NULL, all cohorts will be used; otherwise, only the specified cohorts will be modified, and the rest will remain unchanged.

indexDate

Variable in cohort that contains the date to compute the demographics characteristics on which to restrict on.

name

Name of the new cohort with the age requirement.

Examples

# \donttest{
library(CohortConstructor)
cdm <- mockCohortConstructor()
cdm$cohort1 |>
  requireAge(indexDate = "cohort_start_date",
             ageRange = list(c(18, 65)))
# }