Re: [R] help Dxy and C-index calculation

2011-08-19 Thread Frank Harrell
Replace Design with rms (for general reasons not related to your question; Design is about to be obsolete). Negate Dxy. The linear predictor for the Cox model is relative log hazard. Higher hazard means shorter survival time. For other survival models the model is stated in terms of surv

[R] help Dxy and C-index calculation

2011-08-19 Thread Chafika.MAZOUNI
Dear professor, I am currently using Design package and the cph formula for assessing multivariable analysis. I am tryng to get the C-index for my survival model based on Dxy coefficient. I am confused since there is a negative value. Do I need to used the absolute Dxy ? index