[R] summary.rms help

[David Winsemius]

> On Jan 3, 2018, at 11:57 AM, Andras Farkas via R-help <r-help at r-project.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> using the example from the help of summary.rms
> 
> library(rms)
> n <- 1000    # define sample size 
> set.seed(17) # so can reproduce the results 
> age            <- rnorm(n, 50, 10) 
> blood.pressure <- rnorm(n, 120, 15) 
> cholesterol    <- rnorm(n, 200, 25) 
> sex            <- factor(sample(c('female','male'), n,TRUE)) 
> label(age)            <- 'Age'      # label is in Hmisc 
> label(cholesterol)    <- 'Total Cholesterol' 
> label(blood.pressure) <- 'Systolic Blood Pressure' 
> label(sex)            <- 'Sex' 
> units(cholesterol)    <- 'mg/dl'   # uses units.default in Hmisc 
> units(blood.pressure) <- 'mmHg' 
> # Specify population model for log odds that Y=1 
> L <- .4*(sex=='male') + .045*(age-50) + 
> (log(cholesterol - 10)-5.2)*(-2*(sex=='female') + 2*(sex=='male')) 
> # Simulate binary y to have Prob(y=1) = 1/[1+exp(-L)] 
> y <- ifelse(runif(n) < plogis(L), 1, 0) 
> ddist <- datadist(age, blood.pressure, cholesterol, sex) 
> options(datadist='ddist') 
> fit <- lrm(y ~ blood.pressure + sex * (age + rcs(cholesterol,4)))
> s <- summary(fit) 
> plot(s)
> as you will see the plot will by default include the low and high values from the summary printed on the plot to the right of the variable name... Any thoughts on how printing these low and high values can be suppressed, ie: prevent them from being printed?
> 

Luke, ... Look at the code!

The values are suppressed if the "Diff." has NA's so ...

s[ , "Diff."] <- NA
plot(s)

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David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA

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