Epi (version 2.48)

legendbox: Draw a box with text explaining the numbers in and between boxes from boxes.MS and boxes.Lexis

Description

When drawing boxes describing a multistate model a legend explaining the numbers in the plot is required. legendbox does this.

Usage

legendbox(x, y,
         state = "State",
            py = "Person-time",
         begin = "no. begin",
           end = "no. end",
         trans = "Transitions",
         rates = "\n(Rate)",
          font = 1, ...)

Value

None.

Arguments

x

x-coordinate of the center of the box.

y

y-coordinate of the center of the box.

state

Text describing the state

py

Text describing the risk time

begin

Text describing the no. persons starting FU in state

end

Text describing the no. persons ending FU in state

trans

Text describing the no. of transitions

rates

Text describing the rates

font

Font to use for the text

...

Argumants passed on to tbox

Author

Bendix Carstensen, http://bendixcarstensen.com

See Also

boxes.Lexis