Customizing Output for Regression Analyses Using ODS and DATA Step

SAS® default output for regression analyses usually includes detailed model fitting information which statisticians and their clients don’t want include in the final report. By using the Output Delivery System (ODS) and the DATA steps, this paper presents several macros to generate a reader friendly output file for linear regression, logistic regression, and Cox regression (proportional hazard model) analyses. Both the univariate and multivariate models will be discussed. In the report, it will only include the sample size and/or the number of events, the regression coefficient with their standard error, odds ratio or hazards ratio with its 95% confidence intervals, and the p-value. These macros can be easily further customized to include more statistics when desired.