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st: Interpreting missing standard errors, no z scores, etc. in stcox


From   "Douglas Thomas" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: Interpreting missing standard errors, no z scores, etc. in stcox
Date   Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:21:43 -0600

> Dear Statalist:
> 
> I am running Stcox and would really appreciate any help that someone what me able to provide. How does one interpret missing standard errors, misin z scores etc. When I run it, several of the variables, (e.g., "lang") come back with a hazard ratio but nothing else. I checked the Stata FAQ response. However, it is unclear to me if it best practice to leave those variables out. Are the results credible with some of the variables coming out like this. Also, many of the P values are coming back as 1.000. How does one interpret this result? Can I use/trust the overall results and the results of other variables?
> 
> 
> Cox regression --
>          Breslow method for ties                Number of obs      =     22667
>          Gamma shared frailty                   Number of groups   =       103
> Group variable: company
> 
> No. of subjects =         2163                  Obs per group: min =       194
> No. of failures =           71                                 avg =   220.068
> Time at risk    =      7739538                                 max =       395
> 
>                                                 Wald chi2(46)      =   6209.90
> Log likelihood  =   -313.29552                  Prob > chi2        =    0.0000
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>           _t | Haz. Ratio   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
> -------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
>       pstock |   .9992232   .0121881    -0.06   0.949     .9756183    1.023399
>       mstock |     1.0124   .0179597     0.69   0.487     .9778044    1.048219
>     expstock |   1.094391   .1897217     0.52   0.603     .7791295    1.537218
>       grupo2 |   4.231667   2.718451     2.25   0.025     1.201417     14.9049
>         priv |   2.162367   1.563238     1.07   0.286      .524289    8.918421
>     alliance |   2.812804   1.462422     1.99   0.047     1.015281     7.79279
>         own2 |   1.310643   1.584542     0.22   0.823     .1225741    14.01427
>       lsales |   1.371852   .3741872     1.16   0.246     .8037721    2.341432
>           nf |   .9062903    .105697    -0.84   0.399     .7210994    1.139041
>        pre91 |   4.332353   1.997612     3.18   0.001     1.754857    10.69562
>          age |   .9949293   .0094322    -0.54   0.592     .9766132    1.013589
>         sic1 |   1.859124   2.472855     0.47   0.641     .1371227    25.20619
>         sic2 |   4.299693   4.926218     1.27   0.203     .4552019    40.61353
>         sic3 |   2.843917   3.657909     0.81   0.416     .2286034    35.37945
>      gdpcaph |   1.000517   .0005426     0.95   0.340     .9994545    1.001581
>      gdpdiff |          1   3.27e-07     0.25   0.802     .9999994    1.000001
>         lang |   1.17e+09          .        .       .            .           .
>       lndist |    1.38712   3.576611     0.13   0.899      .008858     217.215
>        agree |   .9933545   .6794694    -0.01   0.992     .2599379    3.796111
>       border |   4.169336   7.285759     0.82   0.414     .1357139    128.0884
>      lninfdi |   1.272696   .5410447     0.57   0.571     .5531771    2.928093
>     lnexport |   1.226262   .5871333     0.43   0.670     .4797653    3.134281
>        coun1 |   3.22e-08   .7510258    -0.00   1.000            0           .
>        coun2 |   3.94e+07   1.46e+08     4.72   0.000     27456.55    5.66e+10
>        coun3 |    3408175          .        .       .            .           .
>        coun4 |   2.17e+08   8.30e+08     5.02   0.000     120135.3    3.92e+11
>        coun6 |   6.54e+07   2.00e+08     5.87   0.000       160486    2.66e+10
>        coun7 |   5.03e-07   21.54161    -0.00   1.000            0           .
>      tarcou1 |   4.11e-18   1.44e-09    -0.00   1.000            0           .
>      tarcou2 |   .8961112   2.568654    -0.04   0.969     .0032542    246.7658> 
>      tarcou3 |    .302835    .835457    -0.43   0.665     .0013581    67.52881
>      tarcou4 |   .3512424   .8451288    -0.43   0.664     .0031443     39.2368
>      tarcou5 |   5.08e-18   1.86e-09    -0.00   1.000            0           .
>      tarcou6 |   7.41e-18   2.79e-09    -0.00   1.000            0           .
>      tarcou7 |   .5215511   1.251615    -0.27   0.786      .004727    57.54455
>      tarcou8 |   .2315671   .6427914    -0.53   0.598     .0010043    53.39115
>      tarcou9 |   6.90e-18   2.70e-09    -0.00   1.000            0           .
>     tarcou11 |   6.73e-18   2.16e-09    -0.00   1.000            0           .
>     tarcou12 |   3.20e-18   1.17e-09    -0.00   1.000            0           .
>     tarcou13 |   2.44e-18   8.51e-10    -0.00   1.000            0           .
>     tarcou15 |   2.15e-18   8.31e-10    -0.00   1.000            0           .
>     tarcou16 |   7.80e-18   2.98e-09    -0.00   1.000            0           .
>     tarcou17 |   1.043378   2.932431     0.02   0.988     .0042279    257.4887
>     tarcou18 |   4.31e-09   1.06e-08    -7.84   0.000     3.50e-11    5.32e-07
>     tarcou19 |   3.93e-09   9.88e-09    -7.69   0.000     2.84e-11    5.44e-07
>     tarcou20 |   3.63e-18   1.37e-09    -0.00   1.000            0           .
>     tarcou21 |   .4769469   1.298323    -0.27   0.786     .0022981    98.98547
>     tarcou22 |    .234499   .5961574    -0.57   0.568     .0016076    34.20708
> -------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
>        theta |   .4990421   .4101498
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Likelihood-ratio test of theta=0: chibar2(01) =     3.58 Prob>=chibar2 = 0.029
> 
> Note: Standard errors of hazard ratios are conditional on theta.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Doug Thomas
> 
> 
> 

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