Check eligibility based on age range

Adds a logical column indicating whether each row's age falls within the specified range (inclusive on both ends).

Usage

skeleton_eligible_age_range(
  dt,
  age_var,
  min_age,
  max_age,
  col_name = "eligible_age"
)

Arguments

dt

A data.table with the specified age variable.

age_var

Character. Name of the column containing continuous age.

min_age

Numeric. Minimum eligible age (inclusive).

max_age

Numeric. Maximum eligible age (inclusive).

col_name

Character. Name of the eligibility column to create. Default: "eligible_age".

Value

The input data.table (invisibly), modified by reference with the new eligibility column.

See also

[skeleton_eligible_combine()] to combine multiple eligibility criteria

Other skeleton_eligibility: skeleton_eligible_combine(), skeleton_eligible_isoyears(), skeleton_eligible_no_events_in_window_excluding_wk0(), skeleton_eligible_no_events_lifetime_before_and_after_baseline(), skeleton_eligible_no_observation_in_window_excluding_wk0()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
temp |>
  skeleton_eligible_age_range("rd_age_continuous", min_age = 50, max_age = 60)
} # }