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Applied Survival Analysis by D. Hosmer and S. Lemeshow
Chapter 3: Regression Models for Survival Data

In this chapter we will be using the hmohiv and the uis data sets.
Table 3.1, p. 98.
Proportional hazard model containing only the predictor age.
proc phreg data=hmohiv;
  model time*censor(0) = age;
run;

<output omitted>

Analysis of Maximum Likelihood Estimates

                   Parameter      Standard                                  Hazard
Variable    DF      Estimate         Error    Chi-Square    Pr > ChiSq       Ratio
age          1       0.08141       0.01744       21.8006        <.0001       1.085
Table 3.2, p. 103.
Proportional hazard model with predictors age, drug and the interaction of age and drug. The data step is creating the interaction and proc phreg is running the model.
data interaction;
  set hmohiv;
  agedrug = age*drug;
run;
proc phreg data=interaction;
  model time*censor(0) = age drug agedrug;
run;

<output omitted>

         Model Fit Statistics

                 Without           With
Criterion     Covariates     Covariates
-2 LOG L         598.390        563.369
AIC              598.390        569.369
SBC              598.390        576.515

                     Analysis of Maximum Likelihood Estimates

                   Parameter      Standard                                  Hazard
Variable    DF      Estimate         Error    Chi-Square    Pr > ChiSq       Ratio
age          1       0.09423       0.02293       16.8939        <.0001       1.099
drug         1       1.18594       1.25651        0.8908        0.3453       3.274
agedrug      1      -0.00670       0.03374        0.0395        0.8425       0.993
Table 3.3, p. 105.
The proportional hazard model with the predictors age and drug.
proc phreg data=hmohiv;
  model time*censor(0) = age drug;
run;

<output omitted>

         Model Fit Statistics

                 Without           With
Criterion     Covariates     Covariates
-2 LOG L         598.390        563.408
AIC              598.390        567.408
SBC              598.390        572.172

                     Analysis of Maximum Likelihood Estimates

                   Parameter      Standard                                  Hazard
Variable    DF      Estimate         Error    Chi-Square    Pr > ChiSq       Ratio
age          1       0.09151       0.01849       24.5009        <.0001       1.096
drug         1       0.94108       0.25550       13.5662        0.0002       2.563
The log partial likelihood test comparing the two models, p. 105. The test statistic G is equal to the difference between the -2 LOG L values in the column called With Covariates found in the Model Fit Statistic table of the output for both models. For this comparisons the test statistic G = 563.408 - 563.369 = 0.039 which when compared to the Chi-square distribution with 1 degree of freedom gives a p-value of 0.841. The null hypothesis is that the models fit the data equally well and based on the p-value it is not possible to reject this null hypothesis. The conclusion is that the larger model which includes the interaction does not fit the data better than the smaller model. So, the interaction is not a significant predictor.
Table 3.4, p. 108.
Comparing the Efron, Breslow and Exact methods of breaking ties.
title "Exact";
proc phreg data=hmohiv;
  model time*censor(0) = age drug / ties=exact;
run;

<output omitted>

Exact
                   Parameter      Standard                                  Hazard
Variable    DF      Estimate         Error    Chi-Square    Pr > ChiSq       Ratio
age          1       0.09768       0.01874       27.1731        <.0001       1.103
drug         1       1.02263       0.25716       15.8132        <.0001       2.781

title "Breslow";
proc phreg data=hmohiv;
  model time*censor(0) = age drug;
run;

<output omitted>

Breslow
                   Parameter      Standard                                  Hazard
Variable    DF      Estimate         Error    Chi-Square    Pr > ChiSq       Ratio
age          1       0.09151       0.01849       24.5009        <.0001       1.096
drug         1       0.94108       0.25550       13.5662        0.0002       2.563

title "Efron";
proc phreg data=hmohiv;
  model time*censor(0) = age drug / ties=efron;
run;
title;

<output omitted>

Efron

                   Parameter      Standard                                  Hazard
Variable    DF      Estimate         Error    Chi-Square    Pr > ChiSq       Ratio
age          1       0.09714       0.01864       27.1597        <.0001       1.102
drug         1       1.01670       0.25622       15.7459        <.0001       2.764

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