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Derive Percent Change from Baseline

Source: R/derive_var_pchg.R
derive_var_pchg.Rd

Derive percent change from baseline (PCHG) in a BDS dataset

Usage

derive_var_pchg(dataset)

Arguments

dataset

The input dataset. Required variables are AVAL and BASE.

Value

The input dataset with an additional column named PCHG

Details

Percent change from baseline is calculated by dividing change from baseline by the absolute value of the baseline value and multiplying the result by 100.

See also

derive_var_chg()

BDS-Findings Functions that returns variable appended to dataset: derive_var_analysis_ratio(), derive_var_anrind(), derive_var_atoxgr_dir(), derive_var_atoxgr(), derive_var_basetype(), derive_var_base(), derive_var_chg(), derive_var_ontrtfl(), derive_var_shift()

Examples

library(tibble)

advs <- tribble(
  ~USUBJID, ~PARAMCD, ~AVAL, ~ABLFL, ~BASE,
  "P01",    "WEIGHT", 80,    "Y",    80,
  "P01",    "WEIGHT", 80.8,  "",     80,
  "P01",    "WEIGHT", 81.4,  "",     80,
  "P02",    "WEIGHT", 75.3,  "Y",    75.3,
  "P02",    "WEIGHT", 76,    "",     75.3
)
derive_var_pchg(advs)
#> # A tibble: 5 x 6
#>   USUBJID PARAMCD  AVAL ABLFL  BASE  PCHG
#>   <chr>   <chr>   <dbl> <chr> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 P01     WEIGHT   80   "Y"    80   0    
#> 2 P01     WEIGHT   80.8 ""     80   1.00 
#> 3 P01     WEIGHT   81.4 ""     80   1.75 
#> 4 P02     WEIGHT   75.3 "Y"    75.3 0    
#> 5 P02     WEIGHT   76   ""     75.3 0.930