For this example we’ll use the Eunomia synthetic data from the CDMConnector package.
con <- DBI::dbConnect(duckdb::duckdb(), dbdir = eunomiaDir())
cdm <- CDMConnector::cdmFromCon(con, cdmSchema = "main",
writeSchema = "main", writePrefix = "my_study_")Let’s start by creating two drug cohorts, one for users of diclofenac and another for users of acetaminophen.
cdm$medications <- conceptCohort(cdm = cdm,
conceptSet = list("diclofenac" = 1124300,
"acetaminophen" = 1127433),
name = "medications")
cohortCount(cdm$medications)
#> # A tibble: 2 × 3
#> cohort_definition_id number_records number_subjects
#> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1 1 9365 2580
#> 2 2 830 830We can take a sample from a cohort table using the function
sampleCohort(). This allows us to specify the number of
individuals in each cohort.
cdm$medications |> sampleCohorts(cohortId = NULL, n = 100)
#> # Source: table<my_study_medications> [?? x 4]
#> # Database: DuckDB v1.0.0 [eburn@Windows 10 x64:R 4.2.1/C:\Users\eburn\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpUtkMzn\file75f020f15898.duckdb]
#> cohort_definition_id subject_id cohort_start_date cohort_end_date
#> <int> <int> <date> <date>
#> 1 1 3227 1984-05-24 1984-06-07
#> 2 1 703 1992-06-19 1992-07-03
#> 3 1 1666 1991-09-03 1991-09-24
#> 4 1 246 2018-03-15 2018-04-05
#> 5 1 316 2007-10-25 2007-11-24
#> 6 2 4999 1991-06-28 1991-06-28
#> 7 2 1966 2000-04-05 2000-04-05
#> 8 2 5333 1986-08-13 1986-08-13
#> 9 1 5222 2015-07-21 2015-08-04
#> 10 2 3943 1990-07-24 1990-07-24
#> # ℹ more rows
cohortCount(cdm$medications)
#> # A tibble: 2 × 3
#> cohort_definition_id number_records number_subjects
#> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1 1 354 100
#> 2 2 100 100When cohortId = NULL all cohorts in the table are used. Note that this function does not reduced the number of records in each cohort, only the number of individuals.
It is also possible to only sample one cohort within cohort table, however the remaining cohorts will still remain.
cdm$medications <- cdm$medications |> sampleCohorts(cohortId = 2, n = 100)
cohortCount(cdm$medications)
#> # A tibble: 2 × 3
#> cohort_definition_id number_records number_subjects
#> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1 1 9365 2580
#> 2 2 100 100The chosen cohort (users of diclofenac) has been reduced to 100 individuals, as specified in the function, however all individuals from cohort 1 (users of acetaminophen) and their records remain.
If you want to filter the cohort table to only include individuals
and records from a specified cohort, you can use the function
subsetCohorts.
cdm$medications <- cdm$medications |> subsetCohorts(cohortId = 2)
cohortCount(cdm$medications)
#> # A tibble: 1 × 3
#> cohort_definition_id number_records number_subjects
#> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1 2 830 830The cohort table has been filtered so it now only includes
individuals and records from cohort 2. If you want to take a sample of
the filtered cohort table then you can use the
sampleCohorts function.