Reports | Birthdays and Initials

Birthdays and Initials
This report identifies subjects that might be identical based on birthdays or initials.
Report Results Description
Running this report with the Nicardipine sample setting and default options generates the output shown below.
List of Subjects with Duplicates for Birthday
This section contains the following elements:
One Table .
This table lists any birthdates where two or more subjects match. Supporting information (if available) to determine whether multiple Unique Subject Identifiers refers to the same person include Study Site Identifier , Date of Birth , Sex , Race , Ethnicity , Height , Weight , and Initials . Using Show Subjects provides additional information from ADSL (or DM if ADSL is not available).
See Tabulate for more information.
If the report is run matching on initials , the Matching Variable Value reflects Initials . Here, the section is named List of Subjects with Duplicates for Initials .
Data Filter
This enables you to subset subjects based on matching birthdays. Refer to Data Filter for more information
Action Buttons
Action buttons, provide you with an easy way to drill down into your data. The following action buttons are generated by this report:
Profile Subjects : Select subjects and click to generate the patient profiles. See Profile Subjects for additional information.
Show Subjects : Select subjects and click to open the ADSL (or DM if ADSL is unavailable) of selected subjects.
Cluster Subjects : Select subjects and click to cluster them using data from available covariates . See Cluster Subjects for additional information.
Demographic Counts : Select subjects and click to create a data set of USUBJID s, which subsets all subsequently run reports to those selected subjects. The currently available filter data set can be applied by selecting Apply Subject Filter in any report dialog .
General
Click to generate a standardized pdf - or rtf -formatted report containing the plots and charts of selected sections.
Click the Options arrow to reopen the completed report dialog used to generate this output.
Click the gray border to the left of the Options tab to open a dynamic report navigator that lists all of the reports in the review. Refer to Report Navigator for more information.
Methodology
No testing is performed. Subjects are matched according to selected demographic characteristics
Report Options
Report Option Descriptions
Specific documentation for each of the options can be viewed by clicking on the following links:
General Options
Match subjects based on: , Number of Days around Birthday
Sex , Race , and/or Country
Subject Filter 1
Additional Filters
Additional Filter to Include Subjects 2
Select the population to include in the analysis

1
Subject-specific filters must be created using the Create Subject Filter report prior to your analysis.

2
For more information about how to specify a filter using this option, see The SAS WHERE Expression .