RDmn1: Risk Difference and Score CI between two groups without strata by MN method
Description
Risk difference and its score confidence interval between two groups without stratification
Usage
RDmn1(y1, n1, y2, n2, conf.level=0.95, eps=1e-8)
Value
The result is a data.frame. There is no standard error.
p1
proportion from the first group, y1/n1
p2
proportion from the second group, y2/n2
RD
risk difference, p1 - p2
lower
lower confidence limit of RD
upper
upper confidence limit of RD
Arguments
y1
positive event count of test (the first) group
n1
total count of the test (the first) group
y2
positive event count of control (the second) group
n2
total count of control (the second) group
conf.level
confidence level
eps
absolute value less than eps is regarded as negligible
Author
Kyun-Seop Bae k@acr.kr
Details
It calculates risk difference and its score confidence interval between two groups. The confidence interval is asymmetric and there is no standard error in the output. If you need percent scale, multiply the output by 100. This does not support stratification. This implementation uses nlminb minimization function.
References
Miettinen O, Nurminen M. Comparative analysis of two rates. Stat Med 1985;4:213-26