This page gives SAS code and a Macro for epidemiologic analysis by hierarchical modeling with the SAS Macro GLIMMIX. This site complements the manuscript "Multilevel Modeling in Epidemiology with GLIMMIX" by Witte et al. (Epidemiology 2000;11:684-688). In particular, we provide an electronic version of the SAS code given in the paper's appendix, and a Macro that automates some of the steps required when using GLIMMIX.
To run the Macro, one inputs first- and second-stage data, plus if semi-Bayes, pre-specified second-stage variance values. As currently written, the Macro reproduces the application given in the corresponding manuscript (for SAS 8+). Note that with SAS updates this may not necessarily work on your system. Also, GLIMMIX is now a procedure in SAS 9.1+.
To replicate our hierarchical modeling application with this Macro, follow these steps:
- Save and unzip Hmmacros.zip to get the following files and data:
- hmmacro.sas;
- hm1.sas;
- the first-stage design matrix, X_dat;
- disease status, Y_dat;
- the second-stage design matrix, Z_dat;
- the second-stage variance values, tau_dat; *the potential confounders, W_dat; and
- GLIMMIX, glmm612.sas.
- Run the program "hmmacro.sas" in SAS.