[R-sig-Epi] Fitting Weighted Estimating Equations

[Bernardo Rangel tura]

At 04:19 AM 2/2/2007, you wrote:
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>Hello Everybody:
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>I am searching for an R package for fitting Generalized Estimating 
>Equations (GEE) with weights (i.e. Weighted Estimating Equations). 
> From the R documentation I found "geese(geepack)" for fitting 
>Generalized Estimating Equations. In this documentation, under the 
>paragraph "weights" it has been written, "an optional vector of 
>weights to be used in the fitting process. The length of weights 
>should be the same as the number of observations. This weights is 
>not (yet) the weight as in sas proc genmod, and hence is not 
>recommended to use." Now my question is, is there any other package 
>you know that might allow me to fit GEE with weight option and the 
>results would be same as SAS PROC GENMOD with weights? Any help 
>would be sincerely appreciated.
>
>Thank you very much.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Abdus Sattar
>University of Pittsburgh
>Email: mas196 at pitt.edu


Hi Abdus

You need use geeglm in pacake: geepack




Bernardo Rangel Tura, MD,PhD
National Institute of Cardiology
Rio de Janeiro Brazil