survcomp (version 1.22.0)

censor.time: Function to artificially censor survival data

Description

The function censors the survival data at a specific point in time. This is is useful if you used datasets having different follow-up periods.

Usage

censor.time(surv.time, surv.event, time.cens = 0)

Arguments

surv.time

vector of times to event occurrence

surv.event

vector of indicators for event occurrence

time.cens

point in time at which the survival data must be censored

Value

surv.time.cens

vector of censored times to event occurrence

surv.event.cens

vector of censored indicators for event occurrence

Examples

set.seed(12345)
stime <- rexp(30)
cens <- runif(30,0.5,2)
sevent <- as.numeric(stime <= cens)
stime <- pmin(stime, cens)
censor.time(surv.time=stime, surv.event=sevent, time.cens=1)