Cushings
From MASS v7.3-53
by Brian Ripley
Diagnostic Tests on Patients with Cushing's Syndrome
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.
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Usage
Cushings
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) oru
for unknown.
References
Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002) Modern Applied Statistics with S. Fourth edition. Springer.
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