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 (numeric) sex (0=male, 1=female)
pdiag (factor) 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 or date of death.
1 = record represents transplant (patient's first observation)
statemax (numeric) Maximum observed state so far for this patient (added in version 1.5.1)
}source
Papworth Hospital, U.K.