Create exposure definition — createExposure • SelfControlledCaseSeries

Create exposure definition

createExposure(exposureId, exposureIdRef = "exposureId", trueEffectSize = NA)

Arguments

exposureId: An integer used to identify the exposure in the exposure cohort table.
exposureIdRef: A string used to refer to the exposure when defining covariates using the createEraCovariateSettings() function.
trueEffectSize: For negative and positive controls: the known true effect size. To be used for empirical calibration. Negative controls have trueEffectSize = 1. If the true effect size is unknown, use trueEffectSize = NA.

An object of type Exposure.

Create an exposure definition, to be used with the createExposuresOutcome function.