matching cases/ controls by age and sex

[H-19]

Hi,
I have 300 patients( age range= 3-18), and 1000 controls( age range= 8-14).
i need to match them by sex and age +/- 1 or 2.
any suggestions welcome.
THANKS in advance for considering this problem.

H

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[Richard Ristow]

At 09:47 AM 1/21/2008, H wrote:

>I have 300 patients( age range= 3-18), and 1000 controls( age range= 8-14).
>i need to match them by sex and age +/- 1 or 2.

See discussion in thread "matching cases-controls", ongoing.

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