bdendo

Case or control: a numeric vector (1=case, 0=control)

Gall bladder disease: a factor with levels
<code>No</code> 
<code>Yes</code>

gall

Hypertension: a factor with levels
<code>No</code> 
<code>Yes</code>

Obesity: a factor with levels
<code>No</code> 
<code>Yes</code>

a factor with levels
<code>No</code> 
<code>Yes</code>

Duration of conjugated oestrogen therapy: an ordered factor with levels
<code>0</code> < <code>1</code> < <code>2</code> < <code>3</code> < <code>4</code>

Use of non oestrogen drugs: a factor with levels
<code>No</code> 
<code>Yes</code>

Months of oestrogen therapy: a numeric vector

duration

Conjugated oestrogen dose: an ordered factor with levels
<code>0</code> < <code>1</code> < <code>2</code> < <code>3</code>

cest

a factor with levels
<code>55-59</code> 
<code>60-64</code> 
<code>65-69</code> 
<code>70-74</code> 
<code>75-79</code> 
<code>80-84</code>

agegrp

a factor with levels
<code><64< code=""> 
<code>65-74</code> 
<code>75+</code></64<></code>

age3

The <code>bdendo</code> data frame has 315 rows and 13 columns.
These data concern a study in which each case of endometrial cancer was
matched with 4 controls. Matching was by date of birth (within one
year), marital status, and residence.

datasets

Useful functions for demographic and epidemiological
  analysis in the Lexis diagram, i.e. register and cohort follow-up
  data. 

Bendix Carstensen

A package for statistical analysis in epidemiology.

bdendo function

This data frame contains the following columns:

format

Breslow NE, and Day N, Statistical Methods in Cancer Research. Volume
I: The Analysis of Case-Control Studies. IARC Scientific
Publications, IARC:Lyon, 1980.

bdendo: A case-control study of endometrial cancer

Description

Arguments

format

source

Examples