Date:         Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:29:41 -0400
Reply-To:     Gene Maguin <emaguin@buffalo.edu>
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From:         Gene Maguin <emaguin@buffalo.edu>
Subject:      Re: selecting cases
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Leo,

It sounds like your selection problem is quite complex and that the
any(2770,diag1 to diag50)' is just one part. To get the correct selection,
you will need to combine several parts. For instance,

Compute diag2770=any(2770,diag1 to diag50).
Compute diag2700=any(2700,diag1 to diag50).
Compute diag3900=any(3900,diag1 to diag50).

Compute anydiag=any(1,diag2700,diag2770,diag3900).

With this syntax you can also do crosstabs to see the overlap in your
diagnosis criteria variables.

Gene Maguin

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