OHDSI / OHDSI/FeatureExtraction

computeStandardizedDifference does not handle temporal covariate data

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Description

The covariates is covariateData object from temporalAnalysis settings has timeId. computeStandardizedDifference appears to not know that. it only joins by covariateId, instead of covariateId, timeId. This causes a cartesian product.

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Start by locating computeStandardizedDifference and reviewing how temporalAnalysis supplies covariateData with timeId. Reproduce the temporal covariate case and inspect the join keys to confirm the cartesian product. Done means temporal rows are matched by both covariateId and timeId, with the existing behavior preserved for non-temporal data.

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