Sl. Kaufman, CALCULATION OF ACTUARIAL LIFE-TABLES WITH USE OF A MICROCOMPUTER SPREADSHEET PROGRAM, Journal of vascular and interventional radiology, 5(3), 1994, pp. 519-524
PURPOSE: To simplify the calculation of the life-table method of survi
val analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A template was developed for use
with a popular microcomputer spreadsheet program to perform life-table
survival calculations and to perform statistical comparisons between
the survivals of groups of patients with use of the log-rank test. RES
ULTS: The template successfully performed life-table and log-rank calc
ulations when compared with two standard, accepted statistical computi
ng programs. CONCLUSION: The template can be used to quickly perform l
ife-table calculations that can be used in the long-term follow-up of
patients undergoing interventional radiologic procedures.