Re: st: st: Handling age in Hazard Ratios

[Austin Nichols <austinnichols@gmail.com>]

Clifton Chow <clifton_chow@post.harvard.edu>:
Maximum, eh?
tw function ln(.9299)*x+ln(1.0007)*x^2, ra(0 80) xla(52)

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Clifton Chow
<clifton_chow@post.harvard.edu> wrote:
> I got it from Wooldridge, p. 193.  It's just the maximum.
>
>
>>  -------Original Message-------
>
> Where did you get the algebra suggesting that .9299/2*1.0007 represents the turning point?
>  di ln(.9299)/(2*ln(1.0007))
>
>>  From: Clifton Chow <clifton_chow@post.harvard.edu>
>>  To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>>  Subject: st: Handling age in Hazard Ratios
>>  Sent: 04 Jun '12 12:46
>>
>>  I ran a proportional hazards model on the duration of employment and had as my covariates, age and age^2, respectively.  The coefficients and hazard ratios for both variables are below:
>>
>>  Coefficient:  Age     = -.0727
>>                    Age^2 = .0007
>>
>>  Hazard Ratio: Age = .9299
>>                     Age^2 = 1.0007
>>
>>  I am trying to interpret the diminishing effect of the quadratic term by calculating the age at which the risk changes from a decrease to ian ncrease risk of job loss. I did this by dividing the age coefficient by 2 * age^2 coefficient.  However, when performing this calculation on the raw coefficient, the age of change is 52 (.0727/2*.0007) but in the hazard ratios, that age is 46 (.9299/2*1.0007). Does anyone know which convention to report? I think the difference of 5 years between the two sets of coefficients are important, right?

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