Michael,
See -help legend order-. You can suppress legend entries by omitting
them from the list.
. sts graph, by(drug) addplot((pci -0.035 `a1' 0.5 `a1' -0.035 `a2'
0.5 `a2' -0.035 `a3' 0.5 `a3', lcolor(black) legend(order(1 2 3))))
yline(0.5, lpattern(dash))
Friedrich
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Michael McCulloch <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Martin! This works splendidly. May I ask: the legend adds another
> group entitled "y/yb", which seems to refer to the vertical lines created.
> Is there a way to suppress this?
> Michael
>
>> You could also automate some of your calculations:
>>
>> **********
>> sysuse cancer.dta, clear
>> stset studytime
>> levelsof(drug), loc(levdrug)
>> foreach lev of loc levdrug{
>> _pctile studytime if drug==`lev'
>> loc a`lev'=r(r1)
>> }
>> sts graph, by(drug) addplot((pci -0.035 `a1' 0.5 `a1' -0.035 `a2' 0.5 `a2'
>> -0.035 `a3' 0.5 `a3', lcolor(black))) yline(0.5, lpattern(dash))
>> **********
>>
>> HTH
>> Martin
>> _______________________
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael McCulloch" <[email protected]>
>> To: "Statalist" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 4:04 AM
>> Subject: st: Kaplan Meier plot: adding vertical line at median survival
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> I'd like to plot a Kaplan Meier graph with a vertical line at the point
>>> of median survival, where the line begins at the x-axis and ends at the
>>> point where that vertical line intersects the survival curve.
>>>
>>> For example:
>>> sysuse cancer.dta
>>> stset studytime
>>> sts graph, by(drug)
>>>
>>> In this example, for drug2 median survival is at 13 months, and for
>>> drug3, at 25 months, so I'd .
>>> Is this possible within the -sts graph- command? I'm using v9.2 and so
>>> don't have the manual graphical editing features of v10.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Michael McCulloch
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