[R] Survival statistics--displaying multiple plots

[Robert A LaBudde]

? layout()
? par()

E.g.,

layout(matrix(c(1,2,3),1,3,byrow=TRUE) #3 plots side-by-side

Then use plot() three times to generate each of your graphs.

At 11:14 PM 5/2/2007, Greg wrote:
>I should clarify. I can generate plots for each category individually but
>not for all three on the same chart.
>
>Greg
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gregory Pierce [mailto:pierce.gregory at gmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:21 PM
>To: 'r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch'
>Subject: Survival statistics--displaying multiple plots
>
>Hello all!
>
>I am once again analyzing patient survival data with chronic liver disease.
>
>The severity of the liver disease is given by a number which is continuously
>variable. I have referred to this number as "meld"--model for end stage
>liver disease--which is the result of a mathematical calculation on
>underlying laboratory values. So, for example, I can generate a Kaplan-Meier
>plot of patients undergoing a TIPS procedure with the following:
>
> >plot(survfit(Surv(days,status==1),subset(tips,meld<10))
>
>where "tips" is my data set, "days" is the number of days alive, and meld is
>the meld score.
>
>What I would like to do is display the survival graphs of patients with
>meld<10, 10<meld<20, and meld>20. I am unsure about how to go about this.
>
>Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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