On Nov 1, 2013, at 11:16 AM, cesar garcia perez de leon wrote:

> Dear all, 
> 
> We are conducting a study in with a set of covariates and a time to event 
> outcome. 
> Covariates b1 and b3 violate proportionality.

Can you describe the basis for that statement?

> We applied a coxph with a „tt‰ term to evaluate the nature of time 
> dependence. 
> 
> Call: 
> coxph(formula = Surv(start - 1, stop, outcome) ~ tt(b1) + 
>    b5 + tt(b3) + b4, data = data, tt = function(x,  t, ...) pspline(x + 
> t/90)) 
> 
> We would like to plot the predicted effects. Following the logic of the tt 
> function, does it make sense to plot the residuals against the results from 
> the model with tt for the upsetting covariates? 
> 
> As far as we know the there has not been updates of survfit for the tt  
> function. So, we are unsure as to how to plot our curves. 
> 
> I would appreciate if someone can give me an advise or a publication 
> reference that can help us in this matter. 

Is there a reason not to use `cox.zph` and it's `print` and `plot` methods for 
this purpose? I think it is already offering what you are trying to re0invent.

-- 

David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA

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