cmv:
Interval-censored data for times to cytomegalovirus (CMV) shedding in blood and urine
Description
The cmv data frame is based on an AIDS clinic trial on HIV-infected individuals. The data involve 204 patients who are classified into two groups based on whether patient's CD4 count is below 75 cells per $\mu l$ or not. Among the 204 patients, 111 of them had a CD4 count below 75.
Format
A data frame with 204 observations on the following 6 variables.
patient- patient id
lb- left end point of an censoring interval for time to CMV shedding in blood
rb- right end point of an censoring interval for time to CMV shedding in blood
lu- left end point of an censoring interval for time to CMV shedding in urine
ru- right end point of an censoring interval for time to CMV shedding in urine
cd4ind- group indicator if patient's baseline CD4 count is below 75 (1 for below 75 and 0 otherwise)
Source
J. Sun (2006), "The Statistical Analysis of Interval-censored Failure Time Data", Springer.Details
The survival times are time to the presence of CMV in blood and ullrine, respectively. The censoring intervals are in the format of $(l_b, r_b]$ and $(l_u, r_u]$. For CMV in blood, there are 7 left-censored, 23 interval-censored, and 174 right-censored, but no exact observations. For CMV in urine, there are 49 left-censored, 67 interval-censored, and 88 right-censored, but no exact observations.
References
W. B. Goggins and D. M. Finkelstein (2000), "A proportional hazards model for multivariate interval-censored failure time data", Biometrics, 56: 940-943.