Re: st: linkplot - linepattern/linestyle etc.

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

See the help for -linkplot- (SSC) and consider

. linkplot GFRSchwartz Ageyears, link(newpatient) asyvars lp(solid dash dot)

However, it's a good idea to edit the -linkplot- code so that

separate `y', by(`link')

becomes

separate `y', by(`link')  veryshortlabel


Nick
njcoxstata@gmail.com


On 22 July 2013 20:10, Lea.Haisch@ukmuenster.de
<Lea.Haisch@ukmuenster.de> wrote:
> Dear Statalists,
>
> I am using Stata 12.1 on Mac 10.7.5.
>
> And I have a question concerning the linkplot, the Stata module for multiple linked scatter plots written by Nikolas Cox 2003.
>
> It is fantastic, because it does, what it should, but...
> I have 15 patients followed up with two variables (Age and RenalFunction) and the module allows me to plot several - one graph per patient - graphs linked to each patient. The only problem is that I can't differentiate the graphs on the plot very well. It would be nice to have different line styles.
>
> I tried to use the commands linepattern or lifestyle or clcolor to define the lines differently, but every time I get a error message, that this option is not allowed and that default is used. Maybe it isn't possible - I couldn't find something in the web concerning this problem.
>
> I don't want to bother someone with something easy, but I am unexperienced with these commands and would be very happy, if someone replies, although it is obviously easy (for everyone expect me).
>
> this is how my data is organized:
>
> newpatient      Ageyears        GFRSchwartz
> 1       2.08    75.31
> 1       2.50    91.34
> 1       2.92    77.79
> 1       3.50    102.50
> 1       4.50    104.88
> 1       5.67    99.33
> 2       8.92    89.38
> 2       9.75    57.41
> 2       11.00   45.71
> 2       11.75   26.77
> 2       12.75   30.53
> 2       13.75   37.43
> 2       14.83   31.95
> 2       15.58   29.16
> 2       16.58   33.00
> 2       17.00   29.80
> 2       18.08   24.13
> 3       4.58    187.55
> 3       6.00    124.19
> 3       6.92    125.62
> 3       7.92    85.91
>
>
> These are the commands I used:
>
> linkplot GFRSchwartz Ageyears, link(newpatient)
>
> and
>
> linkplot GFRSchwartz Ageyears, link(newpatient), mlabel(newpatient)
>
> mlabel works, too. But than every point from the connected line is labeled and the plot gets again more complicated to understand.
>
> Any help will be appreciated,
> best regards,
> Lea Haisch
>
> __
> Dr. med. Lea Haisch
> Omran's Lab
> Research Laboratory of the Pediatric Clinic
> University Hospital Muenster
> Germany
>
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