R version 4.4.0 RC (2024-04-16 r86457 ucrt) -- "Puppy Cup" Copyright (C) 2024 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R. > library(survival) > > # the way a +cluster() term is handled in coxph has implications for update. > > fit1 <- coxph(Surv(time, status) ~ age, cluster= inst, lung) > fit2 <- coxph(Surv(time, status) ~ age + cluster(inst), lung) > all.equal(fit1, fit2) [1] TRUE > > fit3 <- coxph(Surv(time, status) ~ age + sex + cluster(inst), lung) > > test1 <- update(fit1, .~ .+ sex) > all.equal(test1, fit3) [1] TRUE > > # Gives a spurious warning message > test2 <- update(fit1, . ~ age + sex + cluster(inst), lung) Warning message: In coxph(formula = Surv(time, status) ~ age + sex + cluster(inst), : cluster appears both in a formula and as an argument, formula term ignored > all.equal(test2, fit3) [1] TRUE > > > proc.time() user system elapsed 0.73 0.15 0.87