Cushing's syndrome is a hypertensive disorder associated with
over-secretion of cortisol by the adrenal gland. The observations
are urinary excretion rates of two steroid metabolites.
Usage
Cushings
Arguments
Format
The Cushings data frame has 27 rows and 3 columns:
Tetrahydrocortisone
urinary excretion rate (mg/24hr) of Tetrahydrocortisone.
Pregnanetriol
urinary excretion rate (mg/24hr) of Pregnanetriol.
Type
underlying type of syndrome, coded a (adenoma) , b
(bilateral hyperplasia), c (carcinoma) or u for unknown.
References
Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002)
Modern Applied Statistics with S. Fourth edition. Springer.