format
A data frame containing 2846 rows. There are 622 patients, the rows
are grouped by patient number and ordered by years after transplant,
with each row representing an examination and containing additional
covariates.
rll{
PTNUM (numeric) Patient identification number
age (numeric) Recipient age at examination (years)
years (numeric) Examination time (years after transplant)
dage (numeric) Age of heart donor (years)
sex (character) sex (0=male, 1=female)
pdiag (character) Primary diagnosis (reason for
transplant)
IHD=ischaemic heart disease, IDC=idiopathic dilated
cardiomyopathy.
cumrej (numeric) Cumulative number of acute rejection
episodes
state (numeric) State at the examination.
State 1
represents no CAV, state 2 is mild/moderate CAV
and state 3 is severe
CAV. State 4 indicates death.
firstobs (numeric) 0 = record represents an angiogram.
1 = record represents transplant (patient's first observation)
}source
Papworth Hospital, U.K.