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  • stsum vs stdescribe- which to use?

    Hi all-
    I am getting different median follow up time between stsum and stdescribe. Cohort looking at cancer survival- survival time caluclated between time diagnosed and time failed (either recurred or death or last contact(
    I have time in days so I changed it to months by the scale option in stset


    . stdescribe

    failure _d: recur == 1
    analysis time _t: recur/30

    |-------------- per subject --------------|
    Category total mean min median max
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    no. of subjects 126
    no. of records 126 1 1 1 1

    (first) entry time 0 0 0 0
    (final) exit time 21.20682 .4333333 16.93333 93.33333

    subjects with gap 0
    time on gap if gap 0
    time at risk 3732.4 21.20682 .4333333 16.93333 93.33333

    failures 120 .6818182 0 1 1
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------



    . stsum

    failure _d: recur == 1
    analysis time _t: recur/30

    | incidence no. of |------ Survival time -----|
    | time at risk rate subjects 25% 50% 75%
    ---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------
    total | 3732.4 .0321509 176 13.33333 18.66667 26.9


    Any clue as to what I am doing wrong to get different output?

    Thanks!
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